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Furthermore, it goes without saying that all of the people, living, dead, and otherwise, in this story are fictional or used in a fictional context. ...
From Architecture down to the Zodiac, every science worthy of the name was imported by the Greeks
My whole life, I heard, 'Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg.' It's all I heard throughout elementary school.
Measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. Warren Buffet
There is a greater gift than the trust of others. That is to trust in oneself. Some might call it confidence, others name it faith. ...
I personally love a cliffhanger - I think it just extends the pleasure of viewing.
It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.
The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs.
My parents had some problems of their own that put me in a position of having to deal with very grown-up stuff at a very ...
For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.
The big vases, that could not hide the vacancies her pretty
He might be a man without character, but she was a woman without courage. Of the two, which was worse?
I suppose if I look on the bright side of things, this means that I can train you to do things the way I like ...
Life is always moving, changing, shifting into its next shape. The movement is natural. It is how we evolve. Let the shifts happen. Take responsibility ...
If you go out there and start making noise and making sales - people will find you. Sales cure all. You can talk about how ...
I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great.
A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.
Your scars are beautiful. It means you survived. It means you're here with me." He kissed my wrist, light as a feather - and changed ...
Short stories are my favorite art form. A good one is compact and complete, a telling little slice of life, capturing a moment in time ...
Strong minds talk about ideas; weak minds talk about people.
My anxiety level of my own work and what I'm doing and focusing on my art and all of that stuff? That's fundamental.
When I hug her, I notice she's still wearing yesterday's false eyelashes.Mom? You know those come off with a little makeup remover and a cotton ...
Extraordinary; I could almost see the Cambrian Mountains
Shortly before I turned 37 and my older daughter turned 3, I was diagnosed with breast cancer: stage III of IV.
In Hindu societies, especially overprotected patriarchal families like mine, daughters are not at all desirable. They are trouble. And a mother who, as mine did, ...
I always had a love of music, from the time I was a little kid, dressing up and singing along with Michael Jackson songs.
Don't be an extra in your own movie. Move out of your comfort zone. Don't be afraid of feeling uncomfortable or awkward. Step-out and make ...
If you are ready to cry..to feel the pain..to take the risk? You are ready for love
We've always loved going to the movies. Our mom and dad are big movie fans. They'd take us on these movie orgys where we'd see ...
My honor is my loyalty.
I will focus on taking care of myself and helping others. I will put more effort into planning for my future. I will make healthy ...
Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, ...
Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening ...
Oh.my.goodness.
The messages pile up,The worry knocks atmy door, louder & louder.More calls from the therapist.Pills that should have beentaken lie scattered across the floor.The moon ...
Be alive to the moment, that's all you can do.
I have had a holiday, and I'd like to take it up professionally.
I probably should've listened to Michael a year ago when he said that Charles will never win a championship because he doesn't show any dedication.
Friendship is in the end no more than: " ... a lie which seeks to make us believe that we are not irremediably alone."
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
This town must learn,even against its will, how much it coststo scorn a God's mysteries and to be purged.So shall I vindicate my virgin motherand ...
I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. ...
My mom was a professional fitness competitor, so I go into the gym with her. I train with my dad and mother. It's embarrassing, because ...
A child's love naturally expands to encompass any person in his family that loves him.
You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition.
I loved Morocco. It's very exotic and different from anywhere I've ever been. I had an amazing day there in the high Atlas Mountains near ...
I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears now, it has ...
I pointed to the wound. "It's missing," I said.My grandmother smiled, and that was all it took for me to stop seeing the scar, and ...
They wore their love like a heavy perfume, exuding a transparent commitment, touching each other, referring to each other,
I've never had to fight for a role. Call it my ego or my self-respect, but I won't pick up the phone and call a ...
In the morning, I wake up and find a pomegranate on my doorstep: red and perfect, round as the world itself.
The tools of their trade were simple, effective things: iron knuckles, saps and the like. But the iconic tool of the scuttler arsenal was a ...
He cupped her head with both hands. "You're full of your own kind of magic, and it's much more rare and beautiful than all the ...
When I get older, I don't think I'll like to have wrinkles, or a big jelly belly. I cannot have it.
What went down well?" Mum asks, coming back to the table. "Nothing," I say. "The Titanic," Elliot says.
I've done what Lorien has intended me to do, and that's to undo damage that's been inflicted on those who don't deserve it.
All souls were created in the beginning and are finding their way back to whence they came.
Got down behind him and probed between his cheeks with one finger. I was surprised to find he'd already applied some slick stuff. Nothing says ...
The greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one is looking.
Excellence or virtue is a settled disposition of the mind that determines our choice of actions and emotions and consists essentially in observing the mean ...
Let shining Charity adorn your zeal,The noblest impulse generous minds can feel.
Catholics are necessarily at war with this age. That we are not more conscious of the fact, that we so often endeavor to make an ...
I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small.
Things I wonder about the FBI's list of the "Ten Most Wanted" criminals: When they catch a guy and he comes off the list, does ...
When I have had such men before my camera my whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness ...
Day will move on and live his life. So will I. We will be okay. Someday, perhaps in the far and distant future, we'll find ...
The summer before my third year of law school, I worked at a law firm in Washington, D.C. I turned 25 that July, and on ...
Met you as a strangerTook you as a friendHope we meet in HeavenWhere friendship never ends
Travelers must be content.
I have Vie Luxe candles in every room. In 2006 I spent the month of August in Sardinia, and the scent reminds me of the ...
If it's to be; it's up to me
Mrs. Turner gripped my baby finger.It's amazing how a man can feel sex anywhere on his body.
And now, increasing in business and in wealth, my head began to be full of projects and undertakings beyond my reach; such as are indeed ...
I like everything perfect. Everything has to be neat. My sister is 5, and she's more messy than I am. I make my bed every ...
A mother's dedication to her child is legendary.
Progress is the mother of all problems.
Let the soul be drawn out and upward, that God may grant us a breath of the heavenly atmosphere. We may keep so near to ...
I hate seeing fat girls on TV or in movies, because the only way the world seems to be okay with putting a fat person ...
Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.
I love what I do, and for me, acting can be anything. It could be in America. It could be in India. It could be ...
You can inherit male-pattern baldness from your mother's father, but not a tendency to fight in the First World War.
My life had become a catastrophe. I had no idea how to turn it around. My band had broken up. I had almost lost my ...
For me, the most powerful way to write about something is through the absence of it. Rather than writing about what it was to become ...
I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is the real freedom, ...
This is a word that is not a scientific term. This is a rhetorical tool of psychological manipulation ... Because everyone knows if you dare ...
My mom was very affectionate but also very loud. My whole house was very loud. My father screamed, my mother screamed - everybody screamed.
What the hell do you think you're doing going and getting yourself kidnapped? You almost gave me apoplexy!" "Well, excuse me Queen of the World. ...
I started acting when I was about 18. I was a model for a couple of years before that.
Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children.
I still maintain several different outlets of artistry, like my music, photography, writing and all those things. I don't pigeonhole myself into one thing. I ...
The happiest moment of my life happens once a day.
People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.
It's morning when I go to sleepIn the distant dawn a church bell ringsAnother day is coming onA baby's born, an old man diesSomewhere young ...
My mother was the worst kind of stage mother. She would make me and my younger sister and brother little duckling costumes and put us ...
I do not believe it is in the character of the British people to begrudge the lion's share to those who have genuinely played the ...
Watching myself age is like watching an explosion far out in a calm sea.
It's like a little folk song. I think it might've been Harry Belafonte or someone like that who did it. And "Merry Christmas, Everybody" by ...
She felt like a proper lady, she did.
Here's the funny thing about the response I've been aware of to my dating famous people: It's been very negative. I'm either not good-looking enough, ...
As regards the presentation of musical ideas, obviously rules of order soon appeared. Such rules of order have existed since music has existed and since ...