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I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal narrative. That has always been the appealing voice in poetry. ...
I live a fairly simple life, and that didn't change much after I sold TechCrunch in 2010. I didn't buy a new house or even ...
I can only run as fast as the rate of my breath.
The pages afforded glimpses into my soul where I'd hidden it, behind masks of paper and ink.
When you surround yourself with positive people who are making a difference in the world, you start to believe anything is possible.
I always thought it would be a great thing to do an art carwash. So you can actually go and get your car washed, but ...
I guess it's true; no one will ever love you like your family.
Go back in time. Next question go and look at dinosaurs. I would be sitting on a rock looking at a T- Rex, loving life.
Then birds flew up like a shower of sparks, I followed them with my eyes and saw how they rose in a single breath, until ...
Music is powerful, my young friends," she said. "It can connect us to memories. It can influence our mood and our responses to problems we ...
There are some questions, there are some answers, the simple ones, the most important ones, that cannot be approached or even seen, until we go ...
Are we going to Portland?" I asked. "Or Multnomah Falls?"He smiled at me. "Go to sleep."I waited three seconds. "Are we there yet?"His smile widened, ...
People will change their habits quickly IF they have a strong reason for doing so.
DAY 10 Thinking about My Purpose POINT TO PONDER: The heart of worship is surrender. VERSE TO REMEMBER: "Surrender your whole being to him to ...
When I told my doctor I couldn't afford an operation, he offered to touch-up my X-rays.
I have such respect for women who go through pregnancy multiple times. I thought it was beautiful being pregnant. The aftermath is brutal.
Those that do teach young babesDo it with gentle means and easy tasks.
It would be a duty that I would seek to fulfill all the nights I am upon this earth. Mary
In my opinion turkey is the most over-rated critter for eating purposes in kingdom come but the most striking example we have of the power ...
Our problem is not too little time, but making better use of the time we have. Each of us has as much time as anyone ...
What makes a good deli is a place that, one, is generally family-owned or owned by individuals that care. Delis that are owned by large ...
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.
In the beginning of the twentieth century you could not see the ground for clever men. They were so common that a stupid man was ...
It's irrelevant to me what young Singaporeans think of me. I've lived long enough to know that you may be idealised in life and reviled ...
Seated alone by shadowy bamboos,I strum my lyre and laugh aloud;None know that I am here, deep in the woods;Only the bright moon comes to ...
Making the documentary was an extraordinary experience and it really hit home to me the quasi-religious nature of this anthropogenic global warming cause. These people ...
I don't like kissing on camera. It's bad enough to be caught kissing by your parents. But when you have a whole crew watching you, ...
Life operates exactly like the Star Wars prequels. It's boring, bloated, painful when it shouldn't be, and lacks a cohesive storyline. And ultimately, it only ...
One of the first issues I dealt with was the struggle to find a language, to find my own words.
If you complain to someone, you assume that it's someone who really cares about you.
Suffering builds character. - Miranda Tate
I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power - their femininity, because ...
Frost interviewing Noel Coward and Margaret Mead. Sir Noel's view of life is Sir Noel. Mead's mind is large and open, like Buckminster Fuller's. She ...
The voices of conformity speak so loudly. Don't listen to them. No one does the right thing out of fear. If you ever utter the ...
Second place is the first loser.
But until then, I'ma shine to the last sin,Resurrect through the birth of my son, and live again.
If you're really looking for answers, look past me. But if you're interested in how I got to where I am, I will be as ...
A writer who has perfect writing skills and zero honesty is not an author but a sales person.
Because I'm a Karamazov. Because when I fall into the abyss, I go straight into it, head down and heels up, and I'm even pleased ...
I feel like someone who's meditating could possibly benefit their meditation practice and their well-being just by sitting down and thinking about things that they ...
I wasn't sure who I was most scared of at the moment. The stranger I was learning about too quickly, or the woman I'd known ...
Stop caring about what other people think of you, how they perceive you, or if they approve of you. Start to focus on your inner ...
I've now loved two men in my life, and I've lost them both. Losing them hurts, but their lives taught me so much about living ...
In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond...
It is not worth it to sacrifice the interest of the country for the sake of my son.
Halloween season. The season of the witch, so many thought. And, in legend, the night when souls could return to earth ... And try to ...
Great guys exist. They may not be in the package you think you like, and they may not come when you feel you deserve them ...
To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
What men call love is a very small, restricted, feeble thing compared with this ineffable orgy, this divine prostitution of the soul giving itself entire, ...
I tried to show my affection and gratitude with small attentions, but he would not allow it; he was not used to receiving affection, although ...
I would like to end world hunger and create world peace, stop corruption, stop drugs getting to kids.
We are such stuff that dreams are made of.
Indeed I regard the enduring support which I have received over the years from all sections of the community in Ballymena as being more than ...
The most important thing is to find the balance between city and nature. I have that 'hippie quality' - my husband is a super-hippie Los ...
When I was at home, I felt loved and safe. My sisters were always a safe haven for me. I knew they would always play ...
Narian scrutinised both me and the Queen, with eyes so deeply blue I could not break away from them. I was glad he was no ...
I've had letters from people who have read my articles and said, 'I'm a guy, I'm 18, and I've not come out to my mom ...
How about we just go with sayonara then?" Graham laughed. "Or au revoir." "Arrivederci." "Hasta la vista, baby," he said, and then he stepped forward ...
Franny gave her sister a tired smile. "Oh, my love," she said. "What do the only children do?""We'll never have to know," Caroline said.
Smokey Joe (Williams) could throw harder than anyone.
We will never have the elite smart people on our side.
I think everybody out there on the American team is out of their element. That's not an excuse. That's the way it is. It's early ...
Why are cancer patients so hard to buy for? This question always puzzles me. When people are healthy, things are so simple, including gift buying. ...
With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena, but rather to ...
Maybe I would get the chance to be financed for a small romantic comedy, but a war movie by a 28-year-old woman about Japanese soldiers? ...
'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.
Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations are only what ...
So also is the case if I don't care the one abusing me. He is the one going to be demeaned.
If we want spiritual development, the practice of patience is essential.
Tom Cruise isn't that big of a guy," my mom always says. I love how she tries to avoid using the word "short."Yeah," I tell ...
(PORTRAIT: Adam and Adam in the Garden)
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 ...
I just think swing is a matter of some good things put together that you can really pat your foot by. I can't define it ...
It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so ...
I have to stop looking back because the more I do, the weaker I get.
What is destiny more than an end result? If there is such thing as destiny it must change. With every thought we think, every word ...
The significance of the law of love is precisely that it is not just another law, but a law which transcends all law.
The 'militia' was the entire adult male citizenry, who were not simply allowed to keep their own arms, but affirmatively required to do so ...
You are blood. You are sisters. No man can break that bond.
Being bilingual is like having a wife and a mistress. One can never be sure of either.
I've made love to her finally and wholly, I've had her in every way I've wanted and needed. And I want more. I want to ...
I don't like remembering the way that hurt her. Hurts her. I'm sure it still does; I'm just not around to see, and I don't ...
I'm really trying to stop setting my plays in this one fictional town in Vermont.
One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
Always keep a good distance between yourself and lying, quarreling, detracting, insulting and gossip. The person who can do that will some day learn to ...
Racism is like high blood pressure - the person who has it doesn't know he has it until he drops over with a God damned ...
Kelly Link's prose is conveyed in details so startling and fine that you work up a sweat just waiting for the next sentence to land. ...
Understanding comes with life. As a man grows he sees life and death, he is happy and sad, he works, plays, meets people - sometimes ...
You are always someones favorite unfolding story
In winter I go skiing on Saturdays and Sundays when the slopes are quieter due to changeover day for tourists, and in summer I hike ...
Work hard now and reap the benefits later!^^^ so wrong!Work hard later and rip the benefits now!(What do you want to do when you grow ...
The Count bounced twice on his new mattress to identify the key of the bedsprings (G-sharp),
Now that your eyes are open, make the sun jealous with your burning passion to start the day. Make the sun jealous or stay in ...
Books are sharks ... because sharks have been around for a very long time. There were sharks before there were dinosaurs, and the reason sharks ...
The closest I've come to being on a reality TV show is C-SPAN's live coverage of the Senate floor.
The truth and regularity of a character is not, in justice, to be looked upon as broken, from any one single act or omission which ...
Indecision is actually the individual's decision to fail.
The truth is that she told me she couldn't love me. When she said goodbye, she was saying goodbye forever. And yet.I made myself forget. ...
Noah felt strong and warm and muscular and safe and he smelled, oh, God, delicious. I couldn't stop kissing him if my life depend it ...
It is impossible you should take true root but by the fair weather that you make yourself it is needful that you frame the season ...