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So you're a little weird? Work it! A little different? OWN it! Better to be a nerd than one of the herd!
Utopia is in the moment. Not in some future time, some other place, but in the here and now, or else it is nowhere.
New York means many different things to me. It certainly means cheesecake, more species of cheesecake than I ever knew existed: rum, orange, hazelnut, chocolate ...
The heaventree of stars hung with humid nightblue fruit.
Even if you were taken out of school for want of money, Hugh. It's no excuse for false values. The world is full of poor ...
You done decided you want to go to the dance yet Brenda?" "Didn't I tell you that dances was lame?" "What's lame about them?" "I ...
Do I use VORP? I may be using it and not even know it, and if I am, it's nobody's business. There are a lot ...
A leader who loves status quo soon becomes a follower.
No, no! The devil is an egotist,And is not apt, without why or wherefore,"For God's sake," others to assist.[Ger., Nein, nein! Der Teufel ist ein ...
It is hard to write it in words that I can read, that re-establishes the fact that has been haunting me for the past one ...
Mindfulness meditation is the embrace of any and all mind states in awareness, without preferring one to another.
We had reached the moment of final nightness.
As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone. -Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; ...
I find that children have very little trouble understanding non-literal stories.
There is no such thing as a natural puncher. There is a natural aptitude for punching and that is different. Nobody is born the best. ...
I can tell you, Jay, nothing that happens in this life is worth killing yourself over. Time passes, and you can decide to change your ...
It's like living at an airshow, unless you have something against airplanes, golf, guns, motorcycles, nice cars or drinking.
Cause we lost it allNothing lasts foreverI'm sorry I can't be perfectNow it's just too lateAnd we can't go backI'm sorry I can't be perfect
November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year," said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden."That's ...
A state of equality is perhaps less elevated, but it is more just; and its justice constitutes its greatness and beauty.
Rocks in my path? I keep them all. With them I shall build my castle.
Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same ...
Jane Austen wrote six of the most beloved novels in the English language, we are informed at the end of Becoming Jane, and so she ...
The year end brings no greater pleasure then the opportunity to express to you season's greetings and good wishes. May your holidays and new year ...
I had always wanted to go to the Navy. As a young kid, I was intrigued by a Naval Officer with the beautiful brown shoes ...
You can trust my word," Everet said. "No one will raise a hand to punish you while you belong to me. Not me, not anyone ...
You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea.
It's not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God, is to be a television talk-show host.
To suggest that you can't be both a mother who is completely in love with her babies, and a professional who is tough and tenacious, ...
When Philip complained about the French couple building a house next to his in Cornwall, Emenike asked, 'Are they between you and the sunset?
Never change for anybody. Do not apologize, either. Be yourself.
For too long nurses have been undervalued, restricted in what they could do, with too few career opportunities in clinical practice. For far too long, ...
Naanabozho was the first tribal trickster on the earth.
Libertarians secretly worried that ultimately someone will figure out the whole of their political philosophy boils down to 'get off my property.' News flash: This ...
One instant, you're just a regular Joe, schlepping through your mundane life, and then suddenly - what is this? - nothing has changed, yet you ...
My life had gone to bits and I was so unrecognizable to myself that I probably couldn't have picked me out of a police lineup.
Show me 12 drunkards and I will show you 12 nagging wives.
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 ...
Summer quiet thoughts on summer quiet noons.
It was because all we wanted was each other's constant love and attention and for no one else to receive that love and attention, which ...
I can say this: don't give up. Not on love but, more important still, not on you. Never let yourself believe that you are unlovable ...
I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, 'If you please, sir' The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and ...
All of the energy of existence is going to flow through you. You will be in thousands of planes of consciousness at once or beyond ...
In solitude there grows what anyone brings into it, the inner beast too. Therefore solitude is inadvisable to many.
Nearly every problem has been solved by someone, somewhere. The challenge of the 21st century is to find out what works and scale it up.
We all gotta die, and we all gotta live with the things our dark sides do. People are afraid of their darkness, though. Spend their ...
I always take the same perspective with each new adventure. I put myself in the position of being at the end of my life looking ...
Sometimes you have a noisy neighbour. You cannot do anything about that. They will always be noisy. You just have to get on with your ...
I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am.
I believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his ...
Music seems to stimulate more parts of our mind than almost every other activity. It combines more parts of our minds. It synchronizes our minds. ...
Families are Forever, and wondered if the slogan was meant as a promise or a threat.
The woman was Diana Vreeland, the high priestess of fashion and legendary fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and editor-in-chief of Vogue. Dana paused, eyes wide. ...
I think some men are born with big egos, to make up for the lack of certain neessary equipment. Like a brain.
Notionally a left-wing movement, the Anti-Germans were born after the collapse of the Berlin wall. While most Germans rejoiced at the end of the Cold ...
Living with thieves, it would be a matter of moments before they picked the lock, but she certainly was not going to make it easy ...
Why anyone would want to leave Everton is beyond me anyway. Even for Manchester United, Chelsea or anyone. This is the place to be.
And you would not Shift into a Fox, noti in a box, not wearing sock? Scout
The human race will have no respite from evils until those who are really philosophers acquire political power or until, through some divine dispensation, those ...
Too often my sister talks like this. She doesn't speak like she's wise for her age, she speaks wise for any age.
No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his brother. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame. For ...
The natural world had gone badly wrong. Everything that mankind is doing on the planet had upset the delicate balance of nature. The pollution, the ...
My hatred for Japanese cinema includes absolutely all of it.
Dreamland Studios then was my bedroom at my parents' house, mostly [starring] people who were in my high school. They look straight at the camera; ...
I eat soup noodles for comfort. In fact, noodles of any kind. It's a food that is very easy to eat; it's very soothing and ...
I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way.
My thinking pattern always starts with specifics and works toward generalization in an associational and nonsequential way.
If a rattlesnake thinks he can swallow a mouse, he probably can. Don't assume you think like a snake unless you are one.
Quite simply, the key to being a happy non-smoker is to remove the desire to smoke. With no desire to smoke, it takes no Willpower ...
It's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after reading the books. ...
There is nothing called a permanent love or a temporary love. Love is love. Love may be for a smaller duration or a longer duration.
Sports plays a societal role in engendering jingoist and chauvinist attitudes. They're designed to organize a community to be committed to their gladiators.
As Congress focuses on comprehensive health care reform, one thing needs to be clear: We cannot fix health care if we do not address America's ...
In our culture it is a woman's body which is considered important while it is a man's mind or his activities which are valued. A ...
Then she looked at the man on the tree and she smiled wryly. "They just aren't as interesting naked," she said. "It's the unwrapping that's ...
And my heart shatters for the second time today. It's blown apart into so many pieces, the shrapnel spread so far and wide, I know ...
The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on ...
Friendships are the most important thing you can have in your life. Sometimes they have their ups and downs. Sometimes it's your fault and sometimes ...
Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
Patch stood over me, and a drop of rain slid from his hair, landing like ice on my collarbone. I felt it slide along my ...
I want you to fuck me like you have a goddamn point to prove and you never, ever want me to forget it.
Never before has man had such capacity to control his own environment, ... We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind ...
People have always taken photos of themselves, either with camera timers or by handing their Nikons over to strangers in foreign countries and then paying ...
I'm a child myself, in the sense that I'm still looking. Children are fascinated by black holes and ask me questions. I find they soon ...
One lesson I learned from 'The Monstrumologist' was never to get too attached to your own characters. That's harder in practice than in theory. At ...
In fairy-tales, witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks, and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy-tale. This is about ...
Your identity should not be fully defined by what you do, by being a manager, a wife, a mother of children or a computer programmer
With love that knew no fear, the Singer caught his torment, wrapped it all in song and gave it back to him as peace.
The athlete must make a devotion of his specialty.
What you're calling evil, is part of human nature.
Any forces that would impose their will on other nations will certainly face defeat.
Why being involved in social media has had such a tremendous impact on me, is deeply connecting me with fans in ways that I never ...
The word nepotism comes, in fact, from nipote, Italian for nephew.
Geez, Em, stop checking him out so noticeably.""Sorry! It's just so hard. I mean he's my boyfriend's identical twin. Obviously I like this brand." I ...
Dieting is long-haul. Many rapid weight loss programs actually only squeeze the water out of you. Just like a wet sponge. But a good dieter ...
I need to see where I am physically and practicing with NHL players is the best way to find that out.
This house protected by an armed citizen. There is absolutely nothing here worth dying for.
At Cornell University, it was well known that after five years on Wall Street, you could expect to be making half a million a year ...
As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I frequently faced life and death situations, and had to come up with the right diagnosis, the right plan, and execute ...