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An undisturbed river is as perfect as we will ever know, every refractive slide of cold water a glimpse of eternity.
Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.
They are a family of cows - so humble and honest.
I watched the Republican debate. At one point, the candidates said there are no classes in America, a point then hotly debated by all six ...
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
But that is all prayer requires: faith, hope, and love. Great holiness, or piety, or sanctity are not required. Prayer is a road to holiness.
Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings, who think themselves good because they have crippled paws!
Love is winning the war without starting the war. (L'amour, c'est gagner la guerre - Sans commencer la guerre)
The hawk is on my fist. Thirty ounces of death in a feathered jacket; a being whose world is drawn in plots and vectors that ...
What fades, vanishes, decays, dies-that's what one must love.
Speaking of people being foxy, do you mean? I'm George Lovelace," said George. "I say my surname without shame, because I am secure in my ...
I think sometimes your worst enemy is inside your head. All your insecurities, your ego, your fears, your expectations.
Switzerland still has a huge share of the watch market, all advertised at the airport on illuminated hoardings. Gosh, they are ugly.
Always make an effort to be around people who will help you grow.
As the global powers diverge and Europe is caught in the middle, the lack of hard power will matter more and more. Being rich and ...
The self-made man is often proud of a poor job.
There is a new way with very very tiny fiber optics, which give an enormous high resolution. There are many many thousand fibers, very very ...
It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times.
The walls between Man and Faery are coming down.
The biggest deliverers of saturated fat - the type of fat doctors worry about - are cheese and red meat,
She was partial to the tie. Not too long ago he did unspeakable things to her with that tie.
How people interpret my degrees of sexiness is out of my hands.
I can't stand innuendo. If I see one in a script I whip it out immediately.
When people ask me why are you singing a drinking song if you don't drink anymore, because when I did drink I drank enough to ...
If you want to call a man to account, don't do it when he is weak; call him to account when he is strong! Cowards ...
Make the man within your living ideal.
Maybe Duke was just the kind of person you don't keep in your life, but the kind of person that changes your life forever.
The Sandwich Islands are not the same as Otaheite nor as the Fijis, from which they are distant about 4,000 miles, nor are their people ...
Part of my mission is simply that: to bring the world of the arts, particularly classical music, closer to people so they don't feel that ...
I am different. Let this not upset you
You are closer to victory than you know, when you feel you just can't go on any longer. It is what makes champions who they ...
I can't keep trying to want to live. It's getting too hard.
He glanced over at me, a smile twisting his lips. "Hey, no advice, Ghost Girl. Guardians should be seen and not heard."I flipped him off ...
Going to a bar or pool hall doesn't mean you're a drunk, just like sitting in a henhouse doesn't make you a chicken. It's the ...
Down Where the Drunkards Roll." "How
She said that time and death are the greatest enemies all of us must face, and the only weapon stronger than they are is love.
Words are the wellspring of the world, and language is the most powerful weapon in the ancient and still unfolding war between truth and lies.
I was probably toward 8 1/2 when I actually joined the church and was baptized - and, my God, did I take it seriously! I ...
A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them.
I'm a product of a fragmented world.
But in this world nothing is sure but death and taxes.
Abel was brushing the snow off his parka while Micha was dancing around him, still balancing the plate of cookies, singing, 'We're staying, we're staying, ...
I'm a hard-working girl. I go to the office. I work a normal 9 to 5 job most days.
The more clearly we can see the walls of our life, the better. Even if it's only a psychological boundary, even if, deep down, we ...
Now that people know who I am, I get offered plays here and there. It was so much easier to do it when nobody knew ...
The power numbers are nice, but I'm most pleased that I've been consistent. Home runs come from having a consistent approach .
Grace gave her a gentle smile. You know what the answer is, don't you? Chocolate. It's always the answer, no matter the question.
Root out all the "to be" verbs in your prose and bludgeon them until dead. No "It was" or "they are" or "I am." Don't ...
If it's a regular day, I won't wear any makeup, just leave my hair down and head out to the car.
I made my life, the same way it looks like you're gonna make yours - out of pride and stubbornness and too much anger. You ...
A vegetarian is not a person who lives on vegetables, any more than a Catholic is a person who lives on cats.
Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as ...
Passion is not a quality that is foreign to you. It is not a characteristic that some people are born with and some must do ...
Once in the shower, I let the water run over my face, keeping my eyes closed. The delicate outlines of Abby's features were burned behind ...
Date to question.
The advice I was given was just to make sure you look out of the window occasionally. It's something no astronaut ever gets tired of ...
Is it possible to feel your heart breaking, even when you're falling in love?" I
Little baby Hanuman was hungry.
Allah causes the night and the day to succeed each other. Truly, in these things is indeed a lesson for those who have insight.
It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.
Remember, it is no sign of weakness or defeat that your manuscript ends up in need of major surgery. This is a common occurrence in ...
This session of Congress is also to relieve the farmer again, relieve him of any encouragement that he might have received during the last one.
And since you seem to be puttin' a lotta stock into what everyone thinks, thought I'd share straight from the mouth of a member of ...
There's nothing easy about writing. It's always difficult. It's always a struggle.
A beam of luminous hydrogen canal rays has, owing to its velocity, exactly the same direction as that of the electric field in which it ...
Some friends are like the little brother you have to teach a lesson. You beat his ass, pick him up afterward, and you dust him ...
They needed some Jews or gays or something to spice things up, to add a bit of theater and a couple of interesting bistros.
Surrounded by waterMiles into the oceanAll out aloneSearching for a beacon
Funny, that no matter where you are in the world, there's always someone eager to help you destroy yourself.
Political leaders in Illinois kicked the can down the road, raised taxes, and ignored fiscal realities. Now, they're realizing the consequences of their actions: credit ...
History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use ...
You have to work with the ideas and give them a little push.
There is a prophecy, Dovepaw," he began. "There
The only thing that may make me different from other people is I have passionate interests outside of work.
We know we need, and so we acquire and eat and eat, past the point of bodily fullness, trying to sate a greater need. Ashamed ...
The human mind's capacity to persuade itself of things it wants to believe is damn near limitless.
People communicate in Twittering ways. I've learned how to do that.
But the places we come from don't leave us as easily as we leave them.
In 'Snow White and the Hunstman,' when we see them in the Dark Forest, you're allowed a lot of freedom to be able to cutaway ...
We can't deny that films have a bigger reach. After the popularity of the 'Slumdog Millionaire,' a lot of people started reading Vikas Swarup's 'Q ...
Herbert Hoover versus Al Smith in 1928 was one of the dirtiest elections in American history.
The air was filled with obscure ideas
Imogen looked at Ty, at the one man who could halt her stone-cold logic and make her just feel ... She needed that, to be ...
Wine lovers have known for centuries that decanting wine before serving it often improves its flavor. Whatever the dominant process, the traditional decanter is a ...
A vast abortion industry, generating some half a billion dollars annually, sprang into existence in the wake of Roe and Doe.
I think there is an awful lot of technology for technology's sake. I have yet to be convinced by my husband that persuading our mobiles ...
I am not a 'wise man,' nor . . . shall I ever be. And so require not from me that I should be equal ...
On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed ...
First. get clear on how you want to feel. Then, do stuff that makes you feel that way.
The joy of her smiles and laughs seemed, to Mister Sun, to be in her genuine surprise at their arrival, as if strong emotions traveled ...
The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.
May the Lord grant you tender kind heart.
Then Bony Lizzie walked right past me, knelt by General Stanton, and cut off his thumb bones. I had to remind myself that his cries ...
When darkness fell, he told me to close my eyes and dream, for in my dreams I would find another world, and in my waking ...
We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only ...
A dull head thinks of no better way to show himself wise, than by suspecting everything in his way.
Georgie hadn't known back then how much she was going to come to need Neal, how he was going to become like air to her.Was ...
By the way, Boots died and Opal says she hopes you're satisfied.
When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes.
I like to use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.