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It is very strange to think back like this, although come to think of it, there is no fence or hedge round Time that has ...
It's not the punch you expect that knocks you down.
There in that pool stained with green blood, he had learned two things: one was that all the pain stopped when you stopped fighting death; ...
We didn't function in half ways and maybes. We were always. We were constant.We were endless.
Even poetry, you know, is in one sense an infinite brag & exaggeration.
The ecological problem of our times demands a radical reevaluation of how we see the entire world; it demands a different interpretation of matter and ...
A treasure isn't meant for everyone, just the one who has taken the time and done the work to discover it.
A lot of girls who turn into something remarkable start off as irrepressible, confident and a handful.
There is a decided bias against things Christian.
My comedy has no color, it's for everybody, black, white, Latino, Asian. It's not a pro-black show, not a def jam show; it's just straight, ...
If you're a young artist, wondering what to call yourself, consider 'multimedia artist.' It's so vague. Then, no one can say, 'Hey, how come you're ...
We all miss people. I miss my parents, may they rest in peace. I miss my marriage when it was good. You don't have to ...
People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail ...
I don't even know if people even care what a 27-year-old Jewish kid thinks about politics.
A writer of stories is a liar.
I miss you because memoryis a kind editor.The past is a long scroll andin it is the story of us,told with gentle metaphor, andwords that ...
An established government has an infinite advantage, by that very circumstance of its being establishedthe bulk of mankind being governed by authority, not reason, and ...
The main function of the museum has been to serve as a pedestal upon which a clique of socialites pose as patrons of the arts
I was in preschool and a girl actually kissed me on the cheek. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what it meant, ...
There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
As tae the rest o' ye, tak guard around yon stones. And if they come in force, show them what the Feegles can dae!"Daft Wullie ...
When he died he would not end. The world would end.
If the word police want to come and get me, they can come and get me. If someone wants to blog about me, fine. The ...
The longer you pause to process surprising or negative feedback, the more likely you are to learn from it.
The one sure mark of a con, though, is the promise of free money.
Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful ...
You are a beautiful danger. Do not force me to open up. Some books are bound tightly for years for reasons.
He didn't seem at all upset at being almost knocked to the ground.
The greatest enemy of ordinary daily goodness and joy is not imperfection, but the demand for some supposed perfection or order.
I am not a believer of the law of attraction (though I do not deny the possibilities of it to be true), but I firmly ...
Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam.
One morning, in February 1986, out of nowhere, I experienced a realization. In an instant, I discovered that when I believed my stressful thoughts, I ...
Literature is the real life of imaginary people.
The worst thing in the world is to be inside yourself, you don't even want to be rescued.
From empathy and sexuality to science inclination and extroversion, statistical analysis of 122 different characteristics involving 13,301 individuals shows that men and women, by and ...
She had bought several plain pine chests to use as love seats or boot boxes, but they came to look to her more and more ...
Physics has found no straight lines. Instead, the physical universe consists of only waves undulating back and forth allowing for corrections and balance.
I used to go to the gym regularly and swim an awful lot, but that was when I was unemployed and knew leisure intimately.
Scientists in Australia are working on making biodegradable car parts out of hemp. This might get confusing. When someone says, roll up the window, they ...
A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind.
Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.
He hasn't spoken a single word to me yet, but his actions have said a million thank yous.
Did you know that more than 65% of the people who label themselves "born again Christians" seldom or never read the Bible? Of those who ...
I may be proven wrong, but I may be proven right.
The truth is humble, only those intelligent enough are able to seek and understand it.
I could taste the peace around me and I wondered how long that would last. The night was so dark, so velvety that I felt ...
Driving a stock car does not require much handling ability, at least not as compared to Grand Prix racing, because the tracks are simple banked ...
Perhaps we are yet to feel the full impact of the Y2K bug but so far it's been quiet.
He lived to near the things he loved to seem poetical.
Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the ...
God, in His infinite wisdom, seemed much more generous when it came to doling out pain. That
Too many Christian TV and radio programs have been geared to please, entertain, and gain the favor of the world. The temptation is to compromise, ...
I prefer to have one gigantic laugh preceded by several smaller laughs rather than a bunch of medium laughs all along.
Self Change is a 'RESPONSIBILITY' upon us ! It is not something that comes from outside of us.The realisations, the acceptance, the efforts, the thought, ...
In being everything for everyone, when am I anything for myself?
Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them, they are not ...
When we feel that all eyes are upon on us, it is often difficultto take chances in expressing our individuality.
To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life.
At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of ...
If this was what angels observed when they gazed upon our world, how we might murder each other and cause one another agony, then I ...
A congregation that is not deeply and earnestly involved in the worldwide proclamation of the gospel does not understand the nature of salvation.
I think the recovery hasn't been stronger because the hole that was dug for President Obama by the Bush administration was far worse than anybody ...
This is the day the Lord himself has made! Do something on it before it begins to fade! Do something you have said! Do it ...
Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for ...
One week after moving to Rome, I started writing in my diary in Italian.
The woman pastor would often be, especially for women and children, a better minister than the clergyman; for them also, the woman judge might often ...
My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm ...
Why wear white? It's like, forget about dropping something on it. I don't understand how anybody wears white.
God can change the lowest to the highest, abase the proud, and raise the humble.
Imagination is the primary gift of human consciousness.
I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles.
Even where there are no schools, there are teachers.
In my lifetime, the world has become better, not worse. And the world is moving, very slowly but surely with more democracy and more liberal ...
Most of the book deals with things we already know yet never learn.
It is also for stepping into the unknown," Claudia said, "when it would be easier to cling what it familiar and safe.
I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.
There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.
Fashion is an illusion. It's a multibillion-pound industry that has to appear frivolous. Designers work and work and work, all night sometimes.
If there's a gun on the wall in act one, scene one, you must fire the gun by act three, scene two. If you fire ...
Emotions are inherent in your nature, but their content is dictated by your mind. Your emotional capacity is an empty motor, and your values are ...
The Internet is such a paradoxical space - it's limitless and totally bounded, apparently free yet corporate-controlled, apparently invisible yet surveilled, a place of disembodiment ...
Did she watch Newsies? Tell me she watched Newsies.Twice.
Father could hope for in a son.To have
With that he lifted her off him and deposited
The most beautiful of altars, he said, is the soul of an unhappy creature consoled and thankfing God.
Do not postpone your happiness to "achievement" of goals. It is not worth postponing your happiness, even for a moment ... Learn to "be happy" ...
If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and ...
What you see with the eyes of faith is more real than what you see with your optical eyes.
There are no boundaries in this struggle to the death. We cannot be indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, for a victory by ...
As crude a weapon as a cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life.
The unconscious is the unwritten history of mankind from time unrecorded.
Jordan [Ruddes], he learned that way, and that's what he knows how to do. That's how he kind of approaches all music, whether it's to ...
She waited for me to play out the string, to find the place where she had stopped and was waiting for me, to follow the ...
Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it ...
We are blind to each other's humanity.
On quite a few occasions Liesel forgot about her mother and any other problem of which she currently held ownership.
You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you ...
I love to simplify and edit the contents of just about anything, but women's closets hold particular appeal to me. I edit mine about four ...
On human levels of consciousness one may emphasize getting and having as the prime goals, in spiritual consciousness he seeks the way of giving and ...