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I have a problem with that silver medal. It's like, 'Congratulation s, you almost won. Of all the losers, you're the number one loser. No ...

I am no good alone. I need bonds, vows real if unspoken, shared laughter, and people who depend on me as I depend on them.

I try whistling to fill in the silence. The soprano sax from Coltrane's "My Favorite Things," though of course my dubious whistling doesn't come anywhere ...

Oh external worshiper, know that worship without heart is motions. Oh seeker of knowledge, know that knowledge without purification is a dangerous weapon of the ...

Sexual harassment in the workplace confuses rewards for performance with rewards for attractiveness and sexual availability.

So it will go," Merriman said. "He will have a sweet picture of the Dark to attract him, as men so often do, and beside ...

Luz's manner of speaking made it clear that she had no idea what she might say next. It wasn't that she made things up, strictly ...

She comes to naught, my dear one, she comes to naught, all that there business. What the hell, maybe twice in your life you have ...

My Dad, a small-town lawyer, was also named Paul. Until we lost him when I was 16, he was a gentle presence in my life. ...

A kind heart: $0.00A Smile $0.00Laughing with friends $0.00Time alone $0.00The benefit to those around you: Worth A Fortune

I will spend my life loving you and you will spend your happy life making me a better person, as you already have, from your ...

Si vis pacem, para bellum - If you want peace, prepare for war.

Behind me, Ingrid made a sort of muffled snorting sound. I can only assume she was choking on a breath mint. I shot her a ...

There is nothing tougher than a tough Mexican, just as there is nothing gentler than a gentle Mexican, nothing more honest than an honest Mexican, ...

I didn't like my hair and makeup one time on a photo shoot, and my publicist told me, 'You should just be happy with it ...

There are some poemsthat we leave behindsome that leave us behindwhile some just livesilentlyin the heartcrumble, sometimesdwindledisappeardieand are rebornwhen you smile again.

I think it would be best if you came down from there before I explained that.""I think I'll stay right where I am, thank you," ...

My love is unique an none can rival her. Just by passing, she has already stolen away my heart.

In America ... the seven ages of man have become preschooler, Pepsi generation, baby boomer, mid-lifer, empty-nester, senior citizen, and organ donor.

Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for ...

I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad making art, making movies.

Do I look like a shallow Summer girl to you?' She tossed her silver hair, offended. 'I'm a Winter Court royal. I kill silly Summer ...

It was absolutely marvelous working for Pauli. You could ask him anything. There was no worry that he would think a particular question was stupid, ...

Armed with my positive attitude and inherent stubborn nature, I keep my mind focused and my life moving forward. I stop to rest, pout and ...

Sorry, I just want a quick little summary of what you do."Wick chuckled. "He already knows you're long-winded, mate."Dov glared at him. "I'm sorry?"Wick's smile ...

Maybe the cat has fallen into the stew, or the lettuce has frozen, or the cake has collapsed. Eh bien, tant pis. Usually one's cooking ...

It sounds old-fashioned to say, but we have some kind of purpose for being here, not poets or writers, but all of us humans.

The fundamental Law of The Universe states that all human beings are fundamentally the same and therefore have an equal right to live in equality.

Try to save something while your salary is small; it's impossible to save after you begin to earn more.

Be confident, be bold! These are your life greatest strength for success.

Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.

Some natures are so sour and ungrateful that they are never to be obliged.

Sometimes we focus so much on what we don't have that we fail to see, appreciate, and use what we do have!

Nowadays, most educated people would just as soon stay home and watch 'Breaking Bad' as shell out a hundred bucks to see a Broadway play ...

I shall be as brave as a my Toad, he thought, for my Toad never hides under the bed when she is afraid of lightning ...

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.

Ove stomped forward. The cat stood up. Ove stopped. They stood there measuring up to each other for a few moments, like two potential troublemakers ...

Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and see those mysteries which the books of the learned never ...

When people see the conventions, they think they're going to get the straightforward genre - I don't give them that and they get mad. People ...

The moral truth here is obvious: anyone who feels that the interests of a blastocyst just might supersede the interests of a child with a ...

All conflicts can be resolved. Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings. There are always interests that are furthered by ...

Life was so simple when apples and blackberries were fruit, a tweet was the sound of nature, and facebooks were photo albums

Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent - not with how things are but with how ...

May you always be each other's best friend,May your mutual love continue to be soMay your successful marriage continue to thriveMay love flourish, prosper, bloom ...

I've learned that being a superhero isn't all glitz and glamour. We think if we have a special power, our problem will go away. It's ...

Sometimes you can be one of the best, but you don't accept that if you don't get the ring or win the Super Bowl. There's ...

What you think of about a nation or a situation is your self-expression and mind's reflection.

Buddhism teaches that a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop following every impulse ...

So, how'd you know about this place?""One of my buddies is from Baltimore area - I texted him.""Saying what? 'Hey dude, know any secluded places?' ...

Blot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the darkSo soon, so soon.

Public faith means going public with what's in your heart, with humility and respect for others, as we speak of the truth of the gospel.

I don't want you to go, but I can't make you stay. I want to continue holding you in my arms at night when you ...

Kodachrome, it gives us those nice bright colorsGives us the greens of summersMakes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah!I got a ...

The Russians would lose 305,000 troops in the last 42 miles approaching Berlinabout the number of American army soldiers who died in all of World ...

The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more.

To labor rightly and earnestly is to walk in the golden track that leads to God. It is to adopt the regimen of manhood and ...

I grew up in a small, strictly-Catholic fishing village on the coast of Wales. The people there have a different attitude to life than those ...

Emmy, the events we lived through taught me to be sure of nothing about other people. They taught me to expect danger around every corner. ...

A combination of the qualities of the scholar, the master cook, the painter, the gastronomer, the sportsman and the pantologist, assisted by the skill of ...

When the Taliban took over in 1996, the news of their crimes hit the Toronto papers. As a feminist and as an anti-war activist, I ...

What gardening teaches us is that if you plant things, they'll come up. But you have to be willing to wait for them to bear ...

Enjoy how sweet, how thoughtful, how kind I'm being on your birthday. Because tomorrow it's back to the same old crap.

I recorded the song 'Believers' because I feel the song has a strong and much needed message. We all need encouragement and something to believe ...

The light of love flows out of my soul, but it can go nowhere because it's blocked by pain. I could inhale and exhale every ...

I'm not a lot of trouble," she said.His gaze slid to her mouth. "You sure about that?""Completely." And then she flashed him an indeed trouble-filled ...

The industrial part of Detroit is really the most interesting side, otherwise it's like the rest of the United States, ugly and stupid.

In many ways, each of us is the sum total of what our ancestors were. The virtues they had may be our virtues, their strengths ...

I said kiss me again." A sultry smile curved her lips. "Would that be such a difficult task to perform?"Christ almighty, she wanted him to ...

The difference between being a part-time writer and a full-time writer is like the difference between dating someone and living with them. Some of the ...

Fuck the ones who hurt you Stop thinking about them, Get on with your own lifeThey'll eventually come back with apologies And you'll gladly accept ...

Describing passive violence in this culture is kinda like someone who is drowning in the middle of the ocean giving you the low-down on water. ...

When she heard this Sonya blushed so that tears came into her eyes and, unable to bear the looks turned upon her, ran away into ...

I think it's a universal truth that most chefs I know are happiest eating simple, unadorned good things.

I love you; I love you and I don't care that you're my sister; don't be with him, don't want him, don't go with him. ...

There's no magic for getting into the groove ... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music.

Wait," I say. "Aren't soulmates supposed to be perfect? What if you find yours and shes not a virgin, not even a girl? What if ...

After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.

They say you can never step into the same river twice. And maybe that's how it was for Papi now, memories shifting and re-forming soundlessly ...

... the garden gleams with summer jewelry. We live vy simply - but with all the essentials of life well understood & well provided for ...

Small businesses have made the call that to stay alive, health care isn't something they can provide. I think it's a tragic calculation.

Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country.

Between dainty bites, she told Amie, 'Oh, you simply are as darling a creature as Henry described! I had no idea of your being so ...

Educated: no. Stupid: yes.And when I say "stupid," I mean stupid fresh.

The goals are not about the sweet smell of success as much as it's about enjoying a damn day on the movie set ... I ...

I don't want to brag, but if I go through this, and I go back to camp, I'll have something unique to talk about. I ...

I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, smart, independent woman. Maybe she steered ...

We must never violate principles. We must never initiate violence. And we should never harm the innocent. But at some point, unless governments back off, ...

I kind of grew up my whole life as an underdog. I had two older brothers who would beat on me and then let me ...

In this lineup, anywhere I hit, I don't care. I always go out there and swing the bat the same way.

Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living ...

You need not be afeerd. Wm. Shakespeare The Tempest

At sunset, if I am near the water - and it is hard to be very far from it here -I pause to watch the ...

If the garden of Eden really exists it does so moment by moment, fragmented and tough, cropping up like a fan of buddleia high up ...

Service is the rent we pay for living.

Success is the result of actions. Stop wishing and start doing.

He whose son is obedient to him, whose wife's conduct is in accordance with his wishes, and who is content with his riches, has his ...

I consider that a man's brain is originally like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. ...

'None of Your Business.' It's the only Salt-N-Pepa song that I regret.

Will you accompany me in this dance?" he said, bowing and holding out his hand. "No, thank you." Miri smiled. The prince frowned and looked ...

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.