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Fatigue is a creation of the mind. Fatigue dominates the lives of those who are living without direction and dreams. Let
I have read of the great wars of ages past, and men slaughtered by the tens of thousands. And we give but fleeting consideration to ...
The more you fail is the more you get closer to success because you lessen your chances of failing by not only confronting wrong paths ...
Your job as an actor is to stay employed.
We had played a kid's version of gang fighting called "Civil War," and then later we had got in on the real thing, we fought ...
We are not afraid of what we think we are afraid of ... we are afraid of what we think.
No one who errs unwillingly is evil.
The first stage of any development is infancy.
I am from the poor people; I represent the poor people. I like workers. I like people that suffer because these people have a different ...
Ulysses ... is a dogged attempt to cover the universe with mud, an inverted Victorianism, an attempt to make crossness and dirt succeed where sweetness ...
And the lamp having at last resigned itself to death.There was nothing now but firelight in the room,And every time a flame uttered a gasp ...
The peasants of Sicily, who have kept their own wheat and make their own natural brown bread, ah, it is amazing how fresh and sweet ...
Hawai'i is the only place in the fifty states where you can see the stars of the entire northern and southern hemispheres. Here, stars that ...
When mankind is drowning in a multitude of problems, swimming is not the solution. The solution is reaching higher ground which is the ultimate salvation.
Where there are repeated wars, the people are weakened; when they score repeated victories, rulers become haughty. Let haughty rulers command weakened people, and rare ...
Without His Resurrection the death of Christ would be of no avail, and His grave would be the grave of all our hopes. A gospel ...
I do read all my work aloud as I'm working - this has made it a little hard to adjust to my husband's retirement. I ...
I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show ...
I realize how much I have wanted this and not gotten it [good love], realize how much it is branded in my heart that, to ...
The development of social media, citizen journalism, and new technology has made it more difficult for the established media to simply ignore gun deaths in ...
The men, who labour and digest things most, Will be much apter to despond than boast; For if your author be profoundly good, 'Twill cost ...
He liked discomfort. It made him feel alive.
For Hamlet, greatness means willingness to fight for reasons as thin as an eggshell: anyone would fight for things that matter; true heroes take their ...
Although cyber attacks have caused billions of dollars in damage and affected the lives of millions, few if any can be characterised as acts of ...
This is my story now.
The hostility and venomous response the topic of sexual trauma and rape in the military brings up, especially with men from my Era, is revealing. ...
One of the many things TV does not show you is the potential range and horror of the human form. For this alone, thought Alex, ...
Don't worry', he said. I almost laughed when he said that. Don't worry. It's only the people who've never had to worry about shit in ...
In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe all that appeared to me most important and interesting among the events and the scenes that ...
Quote from Ranger Captain David Craig, character in Voice in the Wilderness, page 187:"If the House and the Senate had the guts to stick to ...
Crowded rooms and lonesome tunes and very little sky.
If you can't ride me properly, I'm gonna have to flip you back over," he said before reaching up to jerk Zane's head down for ...
Never is a boring word.
Her lips were red. Not the garish painted red so many women believe makes them desirable. Her lips were always red, morning and night. As ...
Of course it is possible that UFO's really do contain aliens as many people believe, and the government is hushing it up
Only you can change yourself, no one else can.
Men talk of "finding God," but no wonder it is difficult; He is hidden in that darkest hiding-place, your heart. You yourself are a part ...
I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but ...
I see lots of women having beautiful children later in life. And, if not, just freeze your eggs!
As a child, I lived in Germany at the Ramstein air force base, where my dad sang at a nightclub in Kaiserslautern. My parents couldn't ...
I'm a natural blonde, but my hair has been almost every color you can imagine. As an actor, I like to get into my character ...
Great souls by instinct to each other turn, demand alliance, and in friendship burn.
Hope is a continuous flowing river.
There's a boy who they call Pony! He's always acting gross and horny! He thinks he's got a lot down there, but he sure wears ...
I am a pretty good actor. Most of my friendships are based on the fact that I pretend to be outgoing and funny in social ...
I'm not sick, Deuce. You don't know your own charm.My charm? I hadn't been aware I had any. It must be the dress, I thought.
Happiness is a warm gun.
Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.
Racism doesn't know color, death doesn't know age, and pain doesn't know might.
When things don't happen right away, just remember: it takes 6 months to build a Rolls-Royce and just 13 hours to build a Toyota.
Originally, I had planned to study tourism and revolution, which seemed to me to name the two poles of modern consciousness--a willingness to accept, even ...
Someday America will have its very own commercial-free TV and radio station devoted to only one thing: to teach people, in their homes, all the ...
It is essential that justice be done, it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different.
She smiles at him, too young to know him for a stranger, and too innocent yet to care.
You accept the historical Jesus?
I'm not like a Sears Catalog of ideas. I don't have that many ideas. I've more or less written them over the years. Usually, I ...
The great bell of Beaulieu was ringing. Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell.
Reading keeps me sane. Growing up, it was my scape, my alternative; it provided both rebellion and peace.
Harbour Island in the Bahamas is a wonderful little island with beautiful beaches, a great restaurant culture and friendly, welcoming atmosphere.
[The inspiration that comes to authors of fiction] is not an act of intelligence.
I don't want to hear any drama [about me]. I don't want any negativity. I don't want to hear what's on the blog. I don't ...
Her head practically swiveled, and her laser-beam stare honed in on Ryan, thoroughly scrutinizing him. He'd felt less violated after a TSA strip search.
All done by kindness.
That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal.
You don't sit around looking for reasons to do the right thing; it's the bad decisions that require creative reasoning.
So many problems are solved simply by knowing enough verbs.
She blew out a sigh and focused her attention on the students in her class taking a test. There was nothing like a teenage boy ...
It's always been hard to call myself a writer. I think a part of me still thinks it's too good to be true.
You really have to understand this isn't a business where you sit in the back room and do calculations - you have to be very ...
Her soft soul had crystallized. (Just as well, she thought.) She was a sword tempered in the fire.
Part of the acting gig is when you're let loose some improvs and put stuff into your own words every once in a while. That ...
I've always liked wrinkles. When I was a young girl, I used to make lines on my face with my nails because I loved Jeanne ...
I'm superstitious a little bit.
Hush. Your hair was so pretty. I was hoping you'd let me braid it one day. I suppose I'll have to buy a pony instead.
I cannot copy nature in a servile way; I am forced to interpret nature and submit it to the spirit of the picture. From the ...
Love is the crazy, mad, and perhaps ridiculous gesture of saying yes to life, of seeing it as worthy of our embrace and even worthy ...
In August 1945, a former Army pilot with an artificial leg pitched five and a third innings for Washington against Boston. This would turn out ...
Yes, confidence was knowing I could do anything. But, I realized, confidence must always be rooted in work. In sweat. In pain-good pain. And in ...
People talk about mumblecore but I prefer bumblecore, hyper-realistic bee movies about how bees really are.
As long as I'm still surfing wherever I am, I'll always be happy.
If I had my way, the world would hear a pretty stern command - Exit Christ.
If he can't do it with Ferrari, well, he can't do it.
Contrary to popular opinion, leaders aren't created out of fame. Fame is just a shadow. When you enter dark times in, it leaves you.
Besides, who ever asked you what you wanted in this world, girl?The answer to that question, reader, as you well know, was absolutely no one.
People mature at different stages and I feel I'm learning a lot.
Here's what I know: death abducts the dying, but grief steals from those left behind.
It was inelegant, but what was not when taking a hostage?
The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.
I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.
He knew that Hop-Frog was not fond of wine; for it excited the poor cripple almost to madness; and madness is no comfortable feeling.
What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy ...
Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the ...
I shudder when relating it.
Henry," he said. "You are skilled. I exhort you.
The moment you orgasm, I want you to cry out husband, okay?
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
My tats were but temporal attempts to heal my soul, as my heart remained an open wound.
If I'd done that today, you would have lost control. The only reason why you didn't was because I treated you like my husband, not ...
It feels kind of cool to come back from work every day without having killed anybody.