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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
According to the Office of Technology Assessment, 3 Minuteman missiles and 7 Poseidon missiles could destroy 73 percent of oil-refining capacity in the Soviet Union.
Struggling writer' e un pleonasm, cuz a writer is always struggling.
L.A. is such a real, active place. My mother was very into the core of the city. She worked in politics, and you have to ...
Because I'm so known as a meat-chef, when I talk about Meatless Monday some people look at me like I've lost my mind. I'm like, ...
Mrs. Nixon and I share the sorrow of millions of Americans at the death of Louis Armstrong. One of the architects of an American art ...
Miramax didn't introduce the actors at any of the screenings. That's why a lot of people thought 'Kids' was a documentary. I still meet people ...
We will make bold rather than timid investment decisions where we see a sufficient probability of gaining market leadership advantages," they wrote. "Some of these ...
If I describe a person's physical appearance in my writing, which I often do, especially in fiction, I never say someone is "black" or "white." ...
I opened the door of the Mercedes and got in. Man, that smell. It's leather, but not just leather. You know how, in Monopoly, there's ...
Yes, creation is moving toward us; life is moving toward us all the time. We back away, but it keeps pushing toward us. Why not ...
No matter the outcome, having completed a series of MBA applications in a serious, thoughtful way is a real achievement.
I always desired to marry someone who loves me for who I am. Someone, who does not love me just because I'm rich ... one ...
I was kicked off a record label and didn't get picked up again. It was devastating at first because I thought, 'Oh my God. My ...
In the Woodstock movie, you see Justin, my son, who is now a filmmaker, being carried off by my wife at the time to the ...
I am representing California, and all of California, definitely as a Mexicano, a Chicano, a Latino.
Live your life above your circumstances and beyond the beliefs and behaviors that limit you
Maybewe feelemptybecause weleavepieces ofourselvesin all thethingswe used tolove.
Like Lenny McLean said, and I agree with him totally, he told me it's these bastards that hurt the old people and fuck up the ...
I know. I'm sorry. I needed to see you, Emily. I know we only spent one night together, but I can't get you out of ...
Women have sat indoors all these millions of years, so that by this time the very walls are permeated by their creative force, which has, ...
Without love, most of life remains concealed. Nothing is as fascinating as love, unfortunately.
Cadence, n.I have never lived anywhere but New York or New England, but there are times when I'm talking to you and I hit a ...
One blast?" On his shoulder, his raven sat fluffed and silent, looking miserable. "One, my lord," Jon agreed. "Brothers returning." Mormont
As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us anything, simply because they are giving money.
It's just so impressive to see how the women have used making Fair Trade clothes to escape poverty and empower themselves and their children. - ...
We'll see if she can rise to the occasion, do what needs to be done.""We'll see if she can manage not to kill her Liege ...
There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree with wholeheartedly. I shall miss him ...
Can works be made which are not 'of art'?
We live for games like these.
I have tried to understand what crucifixion must feel like. I just know that the pain must be beyond what I have ever experienced. I ...
I cannot remember back to a year in which I did not consider myself to be a writer, and the younger I was the bigger ...
The story of the memoir is a story of me creating certain narratives so that I could live with my own experience and with the ...
Ah!' said David, twiddling his fingers with glee as she poured him a cup. 'May the sun shine upon your splendid bosom in all eight ...
NEVER BE SO BUSY BEING THE LIGHT FOR OTHERS THAT YOU NEGLECT TO SHINE ON YOURSELF
When you're in danger of losing a thing it becomes precious and when it's around us, it's in tedious abundance and we take it for ...
In order not to be subjected to the continual harassments of the evil spirit, we must constantly have in our hearts this prayer to Jesus ...
No fear of forgetting the good-humoured faces that meet us in our walks each day.
MACHEVILL: I count religion but a childish toy,And hold there is no sin but ignorance.
I see," she said blankly. "Sometimes it's horrible to be right.
If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you play ...
Flopping down in the chair I had been seating in only moments ago, I put my elbows on my knees and dropped my head into ...
It wasn't enough that I had to worry about playing well and winning the game, but I also had to deal with possibility that one ...
Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up ...
Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most ...
Happiness has a high body count.
Lithium remains the gold standard, but many drugs now treat bipolar disorder. Medication is critical and should be combined with psychotherapy. Compliance is a major ...
Even to this day, no native Australian animal species and only one plant species-the macadamia nut-have proved suitable for domestication. There still are no domestic ...
Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.
Is my gardener's pride to be sacrificed on the altar of Mr Molesley's ambitions?- The Dowager Countess(Maggie Smith)
From endless leg lifts and sit-ups in a gravel parking lot. When my calling to the Michigan State Police came with the murder of Howard ...
Written and directed by French showman Georges Melies, 'Le Voyage' features one of the most indelible images in cinema history: the wounded Man in the ...
Sit mens sana in corpore sano (a healthy mind in a healthy body)
Do you know what a friend is, milord? (Emily)An enemy in disguise. (Draven)
Corum knew that he was mad, in Vadhagh terms. But he supposed that he was sane enough in Mabden terms. And this was, after all, ...
Present and future, Harry Potter ... ' He pulled Harry's wand from his pocket and began to trace it through the air, writing three shimmering ...
Empathy feels these thoughts; your hurt is in my heart, your loss is in my prayers, your sorrow is in my soul, and your tears ...
A very ancient and fish-like smell.
The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other ...
I have always dislike people who live by the motto "It's my way or the highway" We live in a free nation called America and ...
The biggest trouble with success is that its formula is just about the same as that for a nervous breakdown.
Well, Mr. Holmes, what are we to do with that fact?" "To remember itto docket it. We may come on something later which will bear ...
Leo waited while the fish centaur put away his supplies. Aphros's lobster-claw horns kept swimming around in his thick hair, and Leo had to resist ...
If you love her, set her free. If she comes back, she's yours. If she doesn't ... Christ! Stubborn woman! Hunt her down, and bring ...
Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning.
Abraham Lincoln did not go to Gettysburg having commissioned a poll to find out what would sell in Gettysburg. There were no people with percentages ...
Msabu's bleeding. She does not have this ox. This lion is hungry. He does not have this ox. This wagon is heavy. It doesn't have ...
If thou wilt lend this money, lend it notAs to thy friends; for when did friendship takeA breed for barren metal of his friend?
Man has always found it easier to sacrifice his life than to learn the multiplication table.
Equipped with our five senses - along with telescopes and microscopes and mass spectrometers and seismographs and magnetometers and particle accelerators and detectors sensitive to ...
You know, in addition to your mind-reading abilities, I may have absorbed some sluttiness from your blood,
In the will of God" is not a matter of intellectual discernment, but a state of heart ... It's motto is " My Father can ...
I am my brother's keeper, says the chickenshit liberal. Perhaps he does not realize that he now has more than 2 1/2 billion brothers.
I've been a fan of video games since the old school, I even have a lot of the old school arcade games at my house.
We are all passengers aboard one ship, the Earth, and we must not allow it to be wrecked. There will be no second Noah's Ark.
You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot ...
Health is really important to me and my family. It's something that we value and that I strive for on a daily basis. MedImmune, the ...
Accustomed, as it is, to think of man as a dualism of mind and body, and to regard the former as "sensible" and the latter ...
Did you hear that crazy man? we said.Education is your mother? we said.We laughed and did imitations. We thought Mr. Kondit, like more than a ...
Are we ready?" "You have your dagger?" "I rarely leave home without it." "Then to the Batcave, Sentinel.
My heart is broken," she goes. "It's turned to a piece of stone. I'm no good. That's what's as bad as anything, that I'm no ...
Sometimes I don't feel like an actor. Sometimes I speak about it like it was another job, and then I go, 'Wait a minute - ...
My wife is so hot so I don't care it I lose every stage of the 2015 Tour to Kittle. Yea, he's got cool hair ...
Sure, it's money runs the world," Doone agreed, seated there. "But it is music that holds down the friction.
The mealy look of men today is the result of momism and so is the pinched and baffled fury in the eyes of womankind.
Once, I was out of the house 93 days in a year. I was missing grandparents' days at schools and kids' birthdays and Valentine's Day, ...
I think about dying a lot, every time I fall asleep on a train or a plane I expect to wake up to a crash!
It can do truth no service to blind the fact, known to all who have the most ordinary acquaintance with literary history, that a large ...
Sahasrara is your awareness. When it is enlightened, you get into the technique of the Divine. Now there are two techniques - the technique of ...
The librarian's mission should be, not like up to now, a mere handling of the book as an object, but rather a know how (mise ...
The boy I used to know as Thomas Merker has been erasedreplaced with a personality programmed by television and commercials to act a certain way.
The materialist doctrine that men are products of circumstances and upbringing, and that, therefore, changed men are products of other circumstances and changed upbrinding, forgets ...
There's something about this place, about Madison and Wisconsin and the Midwest, that's really comforting, ... Malcolm in the Middle.
Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless you're really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little ...
How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina ...
As an adult (after college) and as an artist I thought about what was real, what sustained me - it was Christian Science. I was ...
People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.
She looked at him with a wounded expression, one which caused a sharp pain in his chest. I really need to see the medtech unit ...
I saw that streak in him when he told me, 'Get the hell out of here or I'll wipe you out., I got the hell ...
Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I ...