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The debate we won't be having is whether or not the debt ceiling should be raised. We will not have a situation where people will ...

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks

That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, that fortune hath somewhat the nature of a ...

Bogart was like Henry Fonda - proud and happy to be an actor.

I may not be a pin-up, but I'm one hell of a boxer.

It can take a surprisingly long time to get from one part of my mind to another.

Until the truth becomes revelation and the word becomes flesh in us, it is still not ours, we can't walk in it

You gotta be rich to be insane, Hol. Losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle class.

If the sun vexes you, your only recourse is to the blind yourself.

This only was wanting. Now comes the night.

You should always say goodbye to the people you love before you walk away. Hug them and hold them tight like it is the last ...

Now I have neither happiness nor unhappiness.Everything passes.That is the one and only thing that I have thought resembled a truth in the society of ...

Do believe that if we fail to act in time, it will be the single biggest regret any of us has at the end of ...

One's character is one's habitual way of behaving. We all have patterns of behavior or habits, and often we are quite unaware of them. When ...

Francis Crozier believes in nothing. Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. It has no plan, no point, no hidden mysteries that make up ...

You fill me with horror," said Jord. Hishands were tight on his knife. Both hishands, now."Captain," a voice called. "Captain!"Damen's eyes were on Jord's face."That's ...

I have always fought for concrete facts, for justice.

I for one don't need a supreme "sacred" arbiter in order to be a moral being.

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 ...

Man is a simple being, and however rich, varied, and unfathomable he may be, the cycle of his situations is soon run through.

I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now.

I have often thought of the postman's bringing me a letter as one of the pleasures I shall miss in heaven.

We are all ill: but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health.

Just what I predicted," he smiled. "Run, little sheep. Run. For soon, the big bad wolf will have you right where you belong," Crispin whispered ...

Be humble, be gracious, and make peace with inner fears before stepping out into the limelight and allowing yourself to be subjected to all of ...

The most mature human insight comes from one's introspection rather than from exterior research.

Barney did not reply. He looked at Krendler as though the left and right hemispheres of Krendler's brain were two dogs stuck together.

Late in his life, Rene complained of living a life of a celebrity one minute and a "John Doe" the next.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

This life is ironic: for it takes pain to discover pleasure; it takes sadness to know happiness; it takes war to value peace; and it ...

I think Christmas is about celebration and come on, on the inside everyone wants to dance.

When Lafayette met him in 1775, the first volume of Raynal's 1770 History of the Two Indies had already been banned, which is to say ...

The price of every thing rises and falls from time to time and place to place; and with every such change the purchasing power of ...

In you, I found infinity. In you, I was reborn

I am, if nothing else, an optimist.

You see people literally in a different galaxy who are paying extraordinarily low rates of tax.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual.

You are only limited to what you push yourself to, you know? You can always get better.

Your train ride appeased you?" I asked. "Oh, God," he said, "twenty-six hours, fucking unbelievable." This girl Unbelievable must be very majestic, I thought.

If only we could stand outside our lives and look at what we do, we might repair so many injuries before they're done.

At some point all of this is going to catch up with me," I said."What is?""Gay, boyfriend, job loss, career in the toilet, gay, criminals ...

I gave three quiet cheers for Minnesota. In Seattle a dusty inch of anything white and chilly means the city lapses into full-on panic mode, ...

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is brutal. The brutality of ignorance is such that it will make you dead while alive.

We have some concerns if student financial aid is not keeping pace, and college costs continue to outstrip inflation.

We're in a give-and-take relationship, Felicity." He pulled me off the table. "So give. On your knees.

The sooner we recognize the fact that the mercy of the Almighty extends to every creature endowed with life, the better it will be for ...

You are a volume in the divine bookA mirror to the power that created the universeWhatever you want, ask it of yourselfWhatever you're looking for ...

I've read up to Lot #49, which is a valuable postage stamp.

I sort of came from a big family - eight kids - and I guess I always, more than most people, really revel in privacy ...

I grit my teeth. Despite everything, I mutter with a smile, "No.""No, what?" "No, I'm glad you came.""I haven't ... yet."I slap my book across ...

I grew up in the church and had religion in my life for a long time. I'm not really a church goer, but I definitely ...

Actually, he told me later that I had turned him gay . . . by taking codeine again. And I said, "You know, I never ...

Stay lifted in courage and patient with love.

The only man who wasn't spoilt by being lionized was Daniel.

Let me help you. Let me be there for you. Let me be there beside you. Let me be your strength in numbers.

Your wealth is waiting for you in the invisible, and to bring it into the visible, think wealth!

I'm not interested at all in playing more than 12, 15 tournaments a year on an annual basis because like all the old guys out ...

The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.

Then let no man attempt to number Israel today, but let everyone have a heart of flesh, a heart of tender sympathy, a heart that, ...

In a social studies class I did a paper on the history of Attica, which ended up being a little book that I created.

Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore.

You've got a really charming way with words, Everly. You should write a book or something.

Oh, I know. He cares about controlling you, using you, and what else am I forgetting? Oh yeah, claiming you. You're an object to him, ...

Meditation is a valuable exercise, but eventually you have to open up your eyes and look around.

I appreciate both men and women. I love the female body and truly appreciate the female form. I really enjoy sketching women, especially their backs. ...

Okay," I said,hoping I sounded confident, like taking the life force out of ghouls was one of my favorite hobbies, right up there with knitting ...

The way of the cross is the way of suffering. Christians are called to die, not kill, in order to show the world how they ...

I'll get to make a lot of money and do some bad sitcoms.

Everything you hate holds you back from growing. Everything you love helps you to grow.

Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!

We wear the mask that grins and lies.

Xuan smiled at the thought of men sleeping peacefully next to those they would try to kill in daylight. Only humanity could have conceived such ...

Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so huge, something they've wanted all their life, yet they know ...

But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.

When you live a hard life, you spend years wishing for the easy stuff, but then when you get it, it never feels right. You ...

You don't think you're a vampire, Sam. That kind of thing you know.

The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you ...

Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first, Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime, To curse the ...

When you receive a cancer diagnosis, you're more vulnerable than at any other time in your life. I've personally had the experience twice. My only ...

Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

He turns away and I'm overwhelmed with an echo, with the sense that the words in my mouth aren't my own. But of course they ...

Get ready to unleash hell.

If I came across a role that is completely mainstream [and] commercial, but it's the right one, I'd jump at the chance.

My intellect is a little way upon the wrong side of that narrow boundary-line between sanity and insanity.

If I were dead and buried And I heard your voice, Beneath the sod My heart of dust Would still rejoice.

There was a village watercolour society and they'd come and paint in my field. I watched them from the window, the way they would struggle ...

I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've also achieved the American nightmare.

The stupid are invincible.

Seeing when you justify yourself and when you blame others is not a reason to criticize yourself, but actually an opportunity to recognize what all ...

Dog! When we first met on the highway of life, we came from the two poles of creation ... What can be the meaning of ...

The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions ...

There are some people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on ...

Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.

The whole Haley-Nathan marriage deal was a pretty good twist huh? I hope we got all of you with it. That particular story line even ...

Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful. (p 41)

American colleges and universities are propaganda machines

I didn't like Los Angeles very much but I like San Francisco.

Calculate what man knows and it cannot compare to what he doesn't know. Calculate the time he is alive and it cannot compare to the ...

I figure when you get married, it doesn't matter how much you earn or how much your husband earns, just as long as everything you ...