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What the study of history and artistic creation have in common is a mode of forming images.
The best legacy you could leave is not some building that is names after you or a piece of jewelry but rather a world that ...
Oh, the body - its hungers, needs, and limitations. You look at somebody and you realize that they're in there, inside there, somewhere, and how ...
But he heard high up in the airA piper piping away,And never was piping so sad,And never was piping so gay.
It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you can't be aware of what you're doing ...
I always encourage people to pay themselves first, so I really advocate setting up direct deposit for your paycheck and establishing an automatic transfer so ...
With love that knew no fear, the Singer caught his torment, wrapped it all in song and gave it back to him as peace.
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
I was in Jersey when the whole World Trade Center thing happened and I felt powerless. So, I went to Hawaii and did a surf ...
There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just ...
There is no question that Francis was in advance of his age, as he anticipated all that is liberal and sympathetic in modern times: the ...
It comes, I suppose," I said thoughtfully, speaking to the air, "of spending too much time alone indoors, and forgetting that living things don't always ...
The old chess is too limited. Imagine playing cards, black jack for example, and every time the dealer has the same starting hand you have ...
Gabe, did you pray?' 'Sort of.' 'Me too. Do you believe?''No. Do you?''No.''I don't believe,' said Gabriel, 'But I have faith, if you know what ...
First of all, it's a blast. Just fun; it's a good environment to play. And Jayne and I have a great time together because we're ...
No difference, good or bad. Thoughts like birds in mind. Some fly in. Some fly out. Some stay at water hole to drink. Beware of ...
The big pay-off was to work as an artist and gain some shred of respect from your friends, who were also artists. But there was ...
Strangely, he wasn't in the mood to look at files and papers. Not with Heather Cole to look at. For that matter, even the journals ...
I agreed to film after my rookie year in Golden State. I was more used to cameras and felt that my journey to the NBA ...
Back when we started, people didn't even know what a submarine sandwich was. The product was only sold in a few markets.
It now appears that the negro race is, more than any other, susceptible of rapid civilization. The emancipation is observed, in the islands, to have ...
They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but they don't want to ...
I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work.
If one cannot invent a really convincing lie, it is often better to stick to the truth.
I felt like I'd been swimming so hard, and the water growing warmer and warmer the closer I got to the top. I wasn't there ...
Please don't miss me too much. Please don't be too sad. Find someone else to love, because you have much love to give and it's ...
I've spoken in front of members of the U.S. Congress about a new dream of living in communities where everybody is welcome and everyone can ...
I moved into this neighborhood, and I was walking on this beach with my kids, and we came across a sign that said, 'Water's polluted, ...
I'm just a receiver. I don't want to be labeled as a deep-threat guy, which is always going to happen because I'm always going to ...
Though the trials of life are never easy, someone to stand with you and help you with your burdens is one of the true essences ...
The world gets comfort from their odds. Not Christians. Some count their chariots (percentages of survival) and some count their horses (side effects of treatment), ...
I agree with Schopenhauer that one of the most powerful motives that attracts people to science and art is the longing to escape from everyday ...
The facts never speak for themselves. They have to be interpreted in terms of some understanding of where they come from and what the relation ...
On the 8th day, God created Mankind. Why was he having such a bad day? Why did he create all of you normal ... but ...
There is something within our biological structure that screams out and says it is morally wrong for the old to outlive the young. This is ...
I mean when you come into the set at 7:30 in the morning and you come out of make-up and the first thing you know, ...
The languid transition from soft, pink-orange sunlight to deep blue darkness clashed with the clusterfuck that was my emotions.
Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.
I need to get a wife. But it's hard, you know, it's hard to find a girl you can trust. Some of these girls, they ...
Believe in yourself and stop trying to convince others.
The severity of punishments ought to be relative to the state of the nation itself. Stronger and more easily felt impressions have to be made ...
I've never feared death before. I've always been willing to die. Sometimes I even welcomed it, wishing for this all to be over and finally ...
I'd been brought up on ... American TV: 'Lou Grant,' 'Starsky & Hutch;' 'Gilligan's Island.'
Be a Gardener. Dig a ditch. Toil and sweat. And turn the earth upside down. And seek the deepness. And water plants in time. Continue ...
You should encourage a child to show off. You can say to a child, 'Stop being rude,' 'Stop shouting,' 'Stop jumping around on the furniture.' ...
It's like I've experienced quite a weird and unusual life, you know, being with a mom who's a single parent and struggling with money and ...
I'm quite sure that all true professional artists, of every description, in all walks of life, whether their craft is painting, music, sculpture, medicine or ...
Asininity was puddling all around me in quantities too vast to soak up. - It Looked Different on the Model
Proselytism is solemn nonsense; it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of ...
Your Kindle will automatically go into sleep mode after a few minutes of inactivity and a screensaver displays. This static screensaver uses no battery power. ...
Dance is the music of our body, sound is the rhythm of our feeling, silence is the symphony of our soul.
I wasn't sure of the exact mindset you should have when you go into a Test match. So I probably became too defensive when I ...
Sometimes the comfort of being in a relationship lulls you into mundane complacency; you become irrelevant in each other's lives. We call this phenomenon 'growing ...
The tribal leaders saw that we were bad-asses, and they'd better get their act together, work together, and stop accommodating the insurgents. Force moved that ...
You shouldn't send an email from a computer that's associated with you if you don't want it to be tracked back to you. You don't ...
I sing of arms and of a man: his fate had made him fugitive: he was the first to journey from the coasts of Troy ...
I used to stay up all night playing 'Resident Evil 2,' and it wouldn't stop until the sun came up. Then I'd walk outside at ...
Oh Lord, I've been so selfish, so consumed with myself I haven't been able to see anyone else's pain but my own. I've let anger ...
When he kisses you he isn't doing anything else. You're his whole universe, and the moment is eternal because he doesn't have any plans and ...
I find myself wishing that I could work that magic for her. That I could bring the smile back to her face. But I slap ...
It's understandable why a minority that was treated as badly as blacks in this country have been for so long would, when they finally found ...
God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of ...
There are no simple answers to complex problems.
Go sell crazy someplace else; we're all stocked up."(Melvin Udall aka Jack Nicholson, 1997)
Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don't give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine ...
I see all art as a complement to telling people's stories. I'm in the storytelling business. I believe that the humanity that all of us ...
Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.
I love nothing more than taking my dog, Molly, for a long walk on Sunday morning. Then I'll indulge in some Bikram yoga or something ...
If the Cincinnati Reds were really the first major league baseball team, who did they play?
Just so you know," I inform him, "one day, I'm going to get tired of sharing your affection with that coffee table and I'm going ...
I needed to save every penny ... I needed to be strong, and needed to find some way to secure a future. That's why I ...
Deep down, I reckon the sweetest moment will come when it's finally all over. When, at last, I know that I can stop fighting. Of ...
Then it wouldn't be long before they all found themselves shocked and sad to be fully grown into their thicker, finalized adult selves with almost ...
Send me flowers while I'm alive. They won't do me a damn bit of good after I'm dead.
If any man, out of an humour, should turn all his Estate into Money, and keep it dead, he would soon be sensible of Poverty ...
After a beat, he revealed a crack in his armor. The tiniest of smiles. "What?" she asked. Rocking back on his heels, Jacin rested his ...
Listen, I'm a sweet guy. I'm just intense at work. I have nothing but the end result in mind. My entire career has been like ...
I laid it all out for him: Eliza believes in me, she moves me, and she's moved BY me. She makes me happy, she makes ...
You don't scare me," Tyler said, leaning in. "Stop being so damn stubborn. I'm good for you."- "What if I'm bad for you?
Like I've been sketched by an amateur artist: if you don't look too closely, it's all right, but start focusing and all the smudges and ...
I put Post-It notes everywhere to remind me of everything. I stick a ton of them on my computer monitor, telephone, and wallet. The problem ...
I'm drinking doubles now that you're running around single again.
The Christian Sunday should be a festival, gathering up all the life of the week and offering it to God in worship and then spending ...
Our leaders are stupid. Our politicians are stupid.
People love to see you get ahead - so long as you don't get farther ahead than they are. ...
What do you mean I have to wait for someone's approval? I'm someone. I approve. So I give myself permission to move forward with my ...
I smile thinly, to make it clear that this will happen when hell turns into a family friendly summer resort.
Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.
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 ...
The yeshiva where I studied considers itself modern Orthodox, not ultra-Orthodox. We followed a rigorous secular curriculum alongside traditional Talmud and Bible study.
Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, ...
There's something better than an 'excuse' for your mistake, which is 'now you know how to stop it from happening again'.
The rewards are profound. Shadow-work enables us to alter our self-sabotaging behavior so that we can achieve a more self-directed life.
Better to stick with the original plan.
The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to ...
Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future, I will strain my spiritual eyes ...
To know true love, even though it was impossible to keep, had finally cracked her heart open enough to let someone else in.
But more importantly, you are a gift, to all who know you, whether or not they realize it. If they don't, they are blind. You ...
When I was at university, the policemen used to measure how short the women's mini-skirts were and how long guys' hair was. We were living ...
There was an innocent piece of dinner-furniture that went upon easy castors and was kept over a livery stable-yard in Duke Street, Saint James's, when ...