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As always, just the sight of him gave her a quick inner jolt. His face was like a painting, a depiction in perfect oils of ...

These small children, listening with eyes wide and in rapt concentration, would one day grow up to need reading, with its accompanying sense of wonder ...

A heavy warning used to be given that pictures are not rigorous; this has never had its bluff called and has permanently frightened its victims ...

Friendship needs no reason!

The regenerating Spirit is compared to the wind. His first attempts on the soul may be so secret that the creature knows not whence they ...

The better you get, the more your legacy shines. I always just try to go hard. If you don't want do it for real, don't ...

Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and international sanction out of all proportion to any ...

When we stand up and we sing O Canada, we pledge to stand on guard for thee. If that doesn't include our water, we might ...

The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an ...

Customers won't care about any particular technology unless it solves a particular problem in a superior way. And if you can't monopolize a unique solution ...

The works of the great artists are silent books of eternal truths.

The Spirit's work of revival does not come about when God's people practice inventive or radical exercises; it comes through the normal means of grace ...

Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against ...

We aren't filled with fear except by things that are bad; and not by them, either, as long as it is in our power to ...

Something Blue" is now available on Netgalley for reviewers!

The social aspect of blogging is just as important as the content, so to borrow a phrase from the 1960s: the medium is the message. ...

I love the wry motto of the Paleontological Society, meant both literally and figuratively, for hammers are the main tool of our trade: Frango ut ...

A James Bond movie is a stuntman's dream. I was in a helicopter firing a machine gun at Piers Brosnan escaping on a motorbike.

We don't understand why we're here, no one's giving us an answer, religion is vague, your parents can't help because they're just people, and it's ...

When the rich [and politically powerful] make war, it's the poor [and politically weak] who die.

Every year on my birthday, I start a new playlist titled after my current age so I can keep track of my favorite songs of ...

The happiest people among us are those who can sleep when they want to ...

There's no melody in life that is sweeter than the sound of success and accomplishment.

Within the sound of my voice are many young women, young men, and children. I plead with you to be worthy, to be steadfast, and ...

But he believed that every great love was in some measure a terrible mistake.

Sometimes you might forget who you are and where, but that's okay because there's always somebody around that's happy to remind you.

So many individuals, children, couples, and families have been destroyed by sexual misconduct. To practice the Third Precept is to heal ourselves and heal our ...

Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

When people ask me where I am from I never say, 'Serbia.' I always say, 'I come from a country that no longer exists.'

I have loved you in every manner that my imagination could contrive. I have wanted you so deeply that my body sang with pain and ...

Katniss," he says. I go over to him and brush the hair back from his eyes. "Thanks for finding me." "You would have found me ...

What can you do how much can you give to bring grace and salvation unto even one soul

I am a huge supporter of the Waxman foundation.

The colors and creativity of our painters attracted me, but I remember that I was shocked by the lack of proportion.

The secret is treating family like guests and guests like family.

It was war, and in war the truth was almost always the first casualty.

I know why writers write- they write to untangle the knots in their hearts.

Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.

Time neither flies nor sleeps. It is flexible, plastic, ever changing. Spend two hours watching a movie curled up with your lover and time ceases ...

Experiences with Angels do not occur to people by chance. There is a sort of run-up to the experience.

Yes, let's build a wall, but let's do it to help African-Americans! It's alt-right meets Civil Rights! The best crossover hit since "Walk This Way"!

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter.

ID cards do not tell the police who is about to commit a suicide bombing.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Think of color, pitch, loudness, heaviness, and hotness. Each is the topic of a branch of physics.

Reading usually precedes writing. And the impulse to write is almost always fired by reading. Reading, the love of reading, is what makes you dream ...

Photography is 10% inspiration and 90% moving furniture.

What does a painter do? You get a painting, you put some intent and passion and emotion into these things, and hope the people will ...

The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.

There's no district 12 to escape from now, no Peacekeepers to trick, no hungry mouths to feed. The Capitol took away all of that, and ...

I love giving flowers. It is so deliciously unlasting and romantic.

Men are obtuse. You have to beat them over the head with a frying pan to get them to notice things.

Panditji lived a full life replete with achievements and honours. He was such a versatile and noble man that the like of him may not ...

Evidence is of no longer consequence when hope enters the fray, and this iswhere faith is born - a seemingly abundant commodity certain powerfulorganizations feed ...

You can't really walk anywhere. Where are you going to go? Everything closes at a certain hour and it's a highway with bars on it; ...

Never forget to love your enemies and pray for their well-being.

The possibility of genetic modification reminds me of the need for a scientifically literate electorate. Please stay tuned and vote!

Like most artists and musicians, I considered myself detached from the political life ... but I had an insight that maybe we would have a ...

I love the idea I can go off with a single camera and a few rolls of film unencumbered ... I was not interested in ...

You have to have a temperamental attraction to dangerous ideas ...

The image of May shoving the gun down her lace panty butt crack and drawing it like an old west cowboy is too much. Who ...

You can do everything you can to try to stop bad things from happening to you, but eventually things will happen, so the best prevention ...

Industrial medicine is as little interested in ecological health as is industrial agriculture. (Health Is Membership, pg. 98)

Speed is not a priority, just enjoy your hike - Keep smile

I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working.

Sometimes, the smallest moments in your life have the greatest impact. They soar straight into a place deep inside you, and resonate with the very ...

The earth is our home, the world is our playground ... created to better enhance our lives, whether for a short or long period of ...

We are not going to have a zombie-versus-vampire war through the streets of Dublin, Nathaniel.

Kings were wont to honour philosophers, but if I had such I would honour them as angels that should have such piety in them that ...

The most beautiful woman in the world is the one who protects and supports other women

When it's raining like this, it feels as if we're the only ones in the world.

I went to an all-girls pre school where everyone went off to Harvard or Yale, and I had zero interest in doing so. I think ...

People don't have to put you in a box. You can have the confidence to move across, and combine and learn from each different practice. ...

("We will call Chase, Jeans Are Too Thight, and Fulton shall be Short One Chewing Tobacco," Hassan whispered to Colin.) "Je m'appelle Pierre," Colin blurted ...

Cause and effect, the riddle of all history, is a particular devil in financial history; and never more so than today, where entire classes of ...

Behind our wise words lie rare jewels;behind our reckless ones, bombs.

Prodigality is indeed the vice of a weak nature, as avarice is of a strong one; it comes of a weak craving for those blandishments ...

She seems to be having a pretty good time despite her worrying. That's Lily.

The big question is: how do you institutionalize success and still keep that edge of craziness and wildeness?

For although I feel that I know a tremendous lot, I am not yet aware how much there is in the world to find out ...

Love is a byproduct of deep appreciation.

I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.

You're surrounded by electronic music in New York. I mean New York is one of the few places in North America where electronic music is ...

I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people, and that's not going to be ...

When I designed my loft, I literally framed the World Trade Center as a picture postcard I could see from my bed. I no longer ...

I love songs that people can dance to and enjoy at the same time.

I'm a 'never say never' girl. Frank Sinatra retired four times. He kept coming back. But there are people in our business who want to ...

Beware, O earth, the prophet who claims to know the time but never wears a watch.

Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.

Despite her love of pineapple on pizza, Lark was perfection. I felt like a love starved moth drawn to the light of her smile.

It looks as though it hurt." "It did.""Did you cry?" His fists clenched involuntarily at his sides. "Yes!"Jenny walked back around to face him, pointed ...

Every word, every sentence, every poem and every chapter of a book I have written came from the bottom of my heart, it's very special ...

The notion of "long-term greedy" vanished into thin air as the game became about getting your check before the melon hit the pavement.

Anger and jealousy were things that could be conquered.

Kinda pointless to fight for what you want when what you want continues to break your heart

By 1950, he had come to view the pedestrian as a threshold or indicator species capable of foretelling things to come - if the rights ...

Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.

When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; ...

We lose keys and we find keys and we get new keys. We just have to find the ones that unlock the right doors. Sometimes, ...

No path leads from a knowledge of that which is to that which should be.