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Dancing is forbidden to Christians. Isn't it suggestive that the word ballet comes from the Greek ballo, which is also the origin of diabolos, "devil"?8
Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life ...
A serial killer's modus operandi could evolve over time, but rarely would he change his signature, an act that often had nothing to do with ...
Jesus Christ knew the only way He would stop Satan is by becoming one in nature with him ... He became one with the nature ...
I'll tell you who doesn't have any personal responsibility. Companies like General Electric and others who pay absolutely no income tax.
I'd seen 'Punky Brewster,' I'd seen 'Webster,' I saw 'Annie,' and it was time to either be an orphan or an actress.
Christians are notorious for acting like used car salesmen, treating non-Christians as if they're standing there holding a blank check and sporting a hard-on for ...
He read of the Obelisk in the Place de la Concorde that weeps tears of granite in its lonely sunless exile and longs to be ...
If it is to be taken seriously again, the Left must find its voice. There is much to be angry about: growing inequalities of wealth ...
No. Forget it. You're only fooling yourself." "About what?" "About anything being worth a damn. It's dust, lady, all of it, dust and blood.
Sam gave Captain Suicide a droll stare. How did you die again? Oh wait, I know this. 'I can take 'em. I don't need to ...
You made a mistake. One fucking enormous, stupid mistake. That's all. Now get over it. Buck up and fix it, and if you can't fix ...
On more than one occasion, the camera has cut to me after a break as I'm still trying to swallow the last bite of cookie. ...
When I read a story, I relive the moment from which it sprang. A scene burned itself into me, a building magnetized me, a mood ...
Man is not an omipotent master of the universe, allowed to do with impunity whatever he thinks, or whatever suits him at the moment. The ...
Jack London is a very generous description of my small hiking, bicycling, and canoeing habit. I myself feel like a weak urbanite a lot of ...
Open your mind before you open your mouth
I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told.
England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which created a new species of power to undermine the feudal system. But let them beware of ...
Facing death means facing the ultimate question of the meaning of life. If we really want to live we must have the courage to recognize ...
Two famous happy warriors - Reagan and his political soulmate, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - knew they were fighting their own ideological and external ...
The little man's total obliviousness to all forms of danger somehow made danger so discouraged that it gave up and went away.
...and then a murder mystery will occur.
It is incumbent upon everyone to aid those daysprings of authority and sources of command who are adorned with the ornamant of equity and justice.
This is my favorite place. Buried in you," he murmurs against my skin."Please, move," I plead."Slow, Mrs. Grey." He flexes his hips again and pleasure ...
Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you ...
Good responded nobly to this tax upon his inventive faculties. Never before had I the faintest conception of the breadth and depth and height of ...
'You came to mean more and more to me, and I could no sooner have turned away from you than stop the earth spinning. I ...
If I Am murdered en route it will have been well worth while!
Orozco's despair was not just in finding himself poor, but in discovering that effort, honest intentions, and gentlemanly status had nothing to do with sucess ...
It's strange how in childhood it feels like tomorrow won't come until the end of forever, but in adulthood it feels like the end of ...
Well, I am terribly concerned for your health. One simply should not weigh so much at your age. Lady Maccon poked at a sagging carrot ...
Words have power. And I may be privileged and have a higher IQ than any of our former teachers, but when people look at me? ...
I do not believe in death without resurrection. If they kill me I will rise again in the people of El Salvador.
And in the limiting case where the optimizer is completely broken because it's not implemented yet, we get to work around that too. Optionally ...
Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony ... We touch the icon to enter the ...
It's not proper for seventeen-year-old princesses to be alone with young men who have questionable intentions."She laughed. "And what about young men who she's been ...
The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her ...
Garch a har?" -Oddjob, Goldfinger
Or maybe, he thought, returning to the boxes, it was part of being Catholicyou were made to feel guilty about everything
I'm grateful for my whole family, but my dad is like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Superman, and Evel Knievel all at one time. I can think I ...
Strength is gathered on the journey, not granted at the outset.
American capitalism has been both overpraised and overindicted. It is neither the Plumed Knight nor the monstrous Robber Baron.
Identification makes general sanity and complete adjustment impossible. Training in non-identity plays a therapeutic role with adults.
The relationship between book and reader is intimate, at best a kind of love affair, and first loves are famously tenacious. [ ... ] First ...
You can extend your life tremendously by eating the right things. By eating right you can combat almost everything: disease, fatigue, over-work.
For fuck's sake, Tegen, stop overthinkin' every damn thing. Just get on my goddamn dick and start fuckin' bouncin'.Well, how could I deny such sweet ...
We do not believe in oversupplying the market. When you are a large company, you can afford to do it. When you are a small ...
There's not a man on Earth who doesn't wish he was me right now. Your mind and your body will never forget the things I'm ...
I once listed all the good things I did over the past year, and then turned them into resolution form and backdated them. That was ...
True home of a generation of completely uninhibited technophiles. She was talking about those odds and ends of "futuristic" Thirties and Forties architecture you pass ...
Gloria Steinem said it best: "You can't do it all. No one can have two full-time jobs, have perfect children and cook three meals and ...
Our lover is the sun, and we the stars forever floating in their glow. We push and push, yearning for our sun's rays to reach ...
Of course, ISIS is a terrible organization that has to be defeated. And, of course, we need a strong military. But just as with every ...
There were billions of conscientious body cells oxidating away day and night like dumb animals at their complicated job of keeping him alive and healthy, ...
Goats, to the left with you!' the Judge one day will ordain. 'And you, little sheep, stand quietly here on my right!' - Fair enough; ...
In all honesty, if somebody asked me the secret of auditioning for Americans, I don't know. Often, I do what's called self-taping for America. I ...
It's odd that the people who worry whether certain plays are "morally offensive" so rarely worry about the moral offensiveness of war, poverty, bigotry.
I do an opening, and then I go up to the high balcony in the back and watch the bulk of the play, but then ...
Thoughts aren't the problem. Problems only develop when thoughts no longer arise from or refer to actual experience. That's when thoughts start ossifying into their ...
Wildly original, brilliantly comic, brutally gruesome, it is a dazzling performance that will probably outrage nearly as many readers as it delights.
The god touched me once, Beka. I'd soon not get his attention again.
I like to use as few commas as possible so that sentences will go down in one swallow without touching the sides.
Running cleared the day's cobwebs from my mind and focused my thinking, and gave me time and space to sort out anything that was bothering ...
Christians need never be sick, any more than they need to be sinful. It is always God's desire to heal you.
We need to consolidate our enlargement agenda but be cautious with new commitments.
I love everything from old-school cars to whatever the latest muscle or luxury vehicles are.
Once the world was pulled out from beneath your feet, did you ever get to stand on firm ground again?
We could either develop paradise on Earth or oblivion; wipe ourselves out, only the future will tell. It's what you do to make the future.
The child of God should not be overanxious to make new gains; what he essentially requires is to keep what he already has, for not ...
My parents told me to be careful of you. That's how I knew you were the onyly one of us we could trust with our ...
Never call your broker on Monday. Out of courtesy and common sense, wait until Tuesday. A good broker is focused on the opening of the ...
Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.
Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be; I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, ...
Ihave precious little sympathy for theselfish proprietyof civilized man, and if awarof racesshould occurbetween the wild beasts and Lord Man, I would be tempted to ...
You should never make someone a priority who views you as an option.
My therapist told me that I over-analyze everything. I explained to him that he only thinks this because of his unhappy relationship with his mother.
It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
The art world is the biggest joke going. It's a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak.
I wish I could play music. I think I get as closeas possible with the editing of the films. Over the years musichas been an ...
It's a blessing. It's a curse. It's what you get for saying hello to people. At some point, a good-bye is coming, too. Not just ...
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
But no one fought for Orianna Catherine Speerling.
We don't have to be harsh with ourselves when we think, sitting here, that our meditation or our oryoki or the way we are in ...
The Norse way of speaking, no one really knew what the Vikings sounded liked, they were Norsemen. The accent is really a combination of a ...
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When ...
In this age of omniconnectedness, words like 'network,' 'community' and even 'friends' no longer mean what they used to. Networks don't exist on LinkedIn. A ...
These distraction-oholics. These focus-ophobics.
Yesterday the flame of the Olympic torch was carried through our great state on its way to Salt Lake City.
Mister Straw hat is going to be an enemy of mine but even a bond of enmity is still a bond.-Trafalgar Law
I had been very focused on the issue of education disparities in our country, and literally, by the time kids are just nine years old, ...
Growth in grace is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase in holiness.
Jennifer stood there, quietly ovulating.
I had never expected medicine to be such a lawless, uncertain world. I wondered if the compulsive naming of parts, diseases, and chemical reactions - ...
Cawley probably wasn't used to questions that continued after he'd shown displeasure with them, so they gave him a minute to catch his breath.
When someone asks me to do something, something new, something I don't know about, and if I haven't done it, I'll say yes. Just so ...
I was overcome with an attack of pathological enthusiasm.
Obstacles come to instruct, not obstruct.
We will never make a 32-bit operating system.
Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.