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Music is an outburst of the soul.
In morality, man treats himself not as individuum but as dividuum.
I think it's a Blondie tradition that all of our albums sort of have a wide spread of styles.
Dorkdom isn't something you can choose. It's something you are. But instead of dividing the world up into dorkside and darkside, I've realised that we ...
When Numa died, Rome by the twin disciplines of peace and war was as eminent for self-mastery as for military power.
I'm more attracted to glamour than natural beauty. The young Marilyn Monroe was a pretty girl in a sea of pretty girls. Then she had ...
The whole world knows Dickens, his London and his characters.
I don't fall in love very easily. It takes a long time, and then, when I have fallen in love, I'm still not sure. I'm ...
We remember, also, how that it is becoming increasingly difficult in these strenuous days for those who are desirous of studying the deeper things of ...
Reason leads to conclusions. Emotion leads to action.
But it is equally clear and certain that the Dionysos of Greek worship and of the drama was not a babe in the cradle.
When you understand the law of divine compensation, you realize that in the presence of spiritual consciousness, there is more than enough compensation for any ...
AMELIA: To my friends, and family: You all may be batsh*t crazy, but even if I got to choose, I'd still choose to be with ...
The deft white-stockinged dance in thick-soledshoes! Denmark's sanctuaried Jews!
There is within you, waiting to be called, a great source of power called courage. Call its name and it will give you the strength ...
That's right. Uh-huh. Uh-huh," Nick said arrogantly. "You might know karate, boy, but I know gorilla, and I'm a level 40 champion in it. Let's ...
As was the case in 'Darth Plagueis' - even going back as far as 'Cloak of Deception' - I was well aware that I was ...
You've so distracted me, your absence fans my love. Don't ask how. Then you come near. "Do not ... " I say, and "Do not ...
If you really love stuffing, wait until the turkey comes out of the oven, add some of the pan drippings to the stuffing, and bake ...
You must dare the impossible. With divine grace, it will be possible.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to ...
There's going to be a lot of collaborative social experiences with Rift and Touch.
They [NPR] are, of course, Nazis. They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the left wing of Nazism. These guys don't want any ...
I didn't have the same dreams and ambitions I did before I left. You could say I no longer had stars in my eyes.
I mean, if a poet sees a daffodil he stares at it and writes a long poem about it, but Twoflower wanders off to find ...
Only God can set the soul in bondage free.
If you're a fat person - and especially if you're a woman - at all stages of your life you'll get abuse for it, so ...
The trouble with people is that we get hardening of the mental arteries, cirrhosis of the enthusiasm, and arthritis of the imagination,
Starting at age four, my mom decided that she was not going to have an idle child in the house. So I started taking dance ...
Somewhere underneath it all, I know he doesn't deserve to take up space in my brain.
Not caring more about what other people think than what you think. That's freedom.
Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind, ...
My father never did any of the things that my friends' fathers did with them. We never tossed a football around or even watched games ...
Right now, in every big city ghetto, tens of thousands of yesterday's and today's school dropouts are keeping body and soul together by some form ...
When harsh words cut you down and open long-forgotten wounds,may you, beloved daughter of a King,stand tall in your dignity and worth.
The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its ...
I'd rather make a thousand mistakes trying for a better life, than to die not making any mistakes at all.
Imagine yourself in the scene. See what there is to be seen. Listen to the sounds. Touch the world. Smell the air. Taste it. Use ...
The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,- A bed ...
Bottle of mine, it's you I've always wanted!Bottle of mine, why was I ever decanted?Skies are blue inside of you,The weather's always fine;ForThere ain't no ...
Nor is there any valid reason to reject the idea of God or the notion of the sacred just because of the sickly expression Christianity ...
I had a respected SF writer call me 'girlie' and demand that I get him a coffee, before the panel we were on together.
Segregation is evil; there is no pattern of life which can dehumanize men as can the way of segregation.
The point is, life has to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem.
Do y'all have enough stun guns for them? (Madaug) Does a bear defecate rurally? What kind of question is that for someone who owns the ...
There is a brotherhood among the kindly- Closer and defter and more integral- Than any of aisle or coven- For love rang out before the ...
Do you believe in an afterlife?" the gunslinger asked him as Brown dropped three ears of hot corn onto his plate.Brown nodded. "I think this ...
4 For whatever was thus written in former days was written for our instruction, that by [our steadfast and patient] endurance and the encouragement [drawn] ...
I stare at him in awe. "That was an amazing amount of distillation.""Yeah, well, I'm an amazing distiller.
Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a picture, its every ...
Loneliness made or ruined a man. It frightened him so that he must either sing and build in the face of the dark, like a ...
You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult getting a job ...
When you want to quit a 'bad habit, think about what 'good' it's doing in your life.
In May 2013, my lawyer Dmitry Dinze filed a complaint about the conditions at PC-14 with the prosecutor's office. The deputy head of the colony, ...
Scientists are supposed to live in ivory towers. Their darkrooms and their vibration-proof benches are supposed to isolate their activities from the disturbances of common ...
History is written by the victors. Legends are woven by the people. Writers fantasize. Only death is certain."To Die for One's Country is Glorious," p. ...
You will work harder at something you love than at something you like. You will work harder than you have ever worked when you start ...
The younger generation of rocket engineers is just beginning. They are of the new generation to which space travel is not going to be a ...
Never lose temper or get angry at a person who deserves your love. Remember everyone is craving for and deserves your love.
She was not in the least teaching Mr Casaubon to ask if he were good enough for her, but merely asking herself anxiously how she ...
Ah! Indeed but! But he consumes too much spice, eats it like candy. Look at his eyes! He might have come directly from the Arrakeen ...
I think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they had their own experiences. He wanted us ...
Many manage to improve on the first drafts of the lives they are given. But for that they need the courage to jump off a ...
Georgian society can no longer be divided. I don't want to see our country's best minds leaving the country to try their luck abroad.
Hope you two boys can dig. There'll be some digging to do." "Graves?" Eddie asked, not sure if he was joking or not. "Graves come ...
It's as if I died too,' she whispered to herself, 'as if I was born dead.'Ironically, it was true. Emotionally she knew what her mind ...
As presumptive heir to one of the largest Duchies in the Kingdom of the Mists, she could have easily grown up more spoiled than any ...
The really cool thing about festivals is that you're getting to play in front of a whole lot of people who have never heard of ...
Religion is an edifice built upon the dream of a beautiful world ... Pity the dreamers are rarely builders.
The change, she knew, was only in herself; she was relieved of deception, and her mind was free to work on its familiar paths. She ...
As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know ...
I've always loved and enjoyed the theatre, but I have to say that none of our sponsorships have been done because I'm one of those ...
In junior high school, I learned that I could be good at school. I remember liking the freedom to choose classes and the pleasure of ...
So let your deepest desires direct your aim. Set your sights far above the 'reasonable' target. The power of purpose is profound only if you ...
She had taken her vows and then they had taken her, and the forces amassed against her were greater than love, greater than obligation. They ...
You don't need a foreign policy expert to tell you empty threats and hollow promises don't work. Ask any parent of a rebellious teenager. If ...
Year chases year, decay pursues decay,Still drops some joy from with'ring life away;New forms arise, and diff'rent views engage
A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my ...
Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.
Vonnegut's earliest novels hint strongly at his familiarity with Wiener's work, The Human Use of Human Beings, especially his first novel, Player Piano (1952), which ...
The best writing takes you places you don't want to go. It drags you by the hair against your will and leaves you drained, shaky, ...
The reality is that doing good unto others actually does more good for you.
Prediction is difficult- particularly when it involves the future.
I have always thought that L.A. is a motor city that developed linear downtowns.
The cross pollination of disciplines is fundamental to truly revolutionary advances in our culture.
In the beginning God made the seas, the mountains, the heavens, and buffalo knees. He made lilies, and dew drops, and snail shells, and roses, ...
My initial plan was to spend a year in France, go to some kind of school and learn a bit of French. I went a ...
I participate in a program called D.E.A.R. which stands for Drop Everything and Read, where a few times a month I come in and read ...
Only man can stop being fully man. He can ascend above all degres of universal existence and by the same token fall below the level ...
What I don't like is when I see stuff that I know has had a lot of improv done or is playing around where there's ...
Attention can be trained very naturally, with affection, just as you train a puppy. When something distracts your attention, you say "Come back" and bring ...
As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know ...
I actually love auditioning because I usually don't get the part. I've tested with Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise. So I've ...
If the Deseret News is careful not to offend [Nazi] Germany, and I gather that it is falling backwards on the attempt, it is my ...
The way an aircraft flies - that is the way the strategy works. Most of the time the plane is on autopilot, and does a ...
I like you.You don't know me.I want to, though.
I am hoping for better times. That's how you know us hapless gardeners - by our dirty fingernails and our absurd, unquenchable optimism about next ...
I love a good fight and I think a bad fight can ruin a movie. I really do.
Public postures have the configuration of private derangement.