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The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.

Who could blame her for that? he personally couldn't think of any woman who would welcome that news. Hey hon, guess what? your son that ...

Once the woman decided to get free, she had also decided to stay free... The older Jo =got, the more he understood about the woman ...

Leadership. I separate myself from the pack at such a great distance that it may be said that I'm a leader - a leader of ...

The Empire is in chaos. As the old order crumbles, the fledgling New Republic seeks a swift end to the galactic conflict. Many Imperial leaders ...

No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one- I mean a downright bumpkin dandy- a fellow that, in the dog-days of summer, will mow ...

You just realize at the end of the day, everyone is going to have their opinion on your life, more and more so as you ...

If thou would'st have that stream of hard-earn'd knowledge, of Wisdom heaven-born, remain sweet running waters, thou should'st not leave it to become a stagnant ...

I remember facing him on opening day in 1987. It was Oakland at the Minnesota Twins, the first time I got him out on a ...

Keep your focus on the things you can actually control. Choosing to center on anything else will either stop you in your tracks or significantly ...

In a still photograph you basically have two variables, where you stand and when you press the shutter. That's all you have.

The stereotype of the supercrip, in the eyes of its critics, represents a sort of overachieving, overdetermined self-enfreakment that distracts from the lived daily reality ...

No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing.

True love is an electric shock with someone else in control of the switch.

These lecture provide material for the consideration of common factors, in theory and in development, from the viewpoint of the idea of surrender to the ...

Remember some books are meant to be tasted, some books are meant to be chewed and, finally, some books are meant to be swallowed whole.

O Rosey,why don't you stay just homeand eat chocolate barsand read Boswellall this society-izing will bring you nothing but lines of anxiety on your face ...

A recent study shows that one hundred per cent of youngsters on hard drugs had at some time in their lives listened to so-called pop ...

It became the country's official language in the 13th century under the reign of Alfonso X el Sabio (the wise one) as he tried to ...

I very rarely wear suits, and only make one or two per season, so it's about wanting exceptional clothes that don't feel stiff. Fabric and ...

I did a song, "Court and Spark," for a Joni Mitchell tribute album that's yet to see the light of day. So she's someone I'd ...

Oh yeah, well I suddenly realises that she'd only been with my boyfriend at the Co-op Christmas do when I were eighteen. So I grabs ...

Moral evil is the immorality and pain and suffering and tragedy that come because we choose to be selfish, arrogant, uncaring, hateful and abusive.

I've never heard a person say, 'I had a rotten mother, but she's such a great physicist.

All I got to do is stay black and die.

For me, art is like a big support group, where you go and meet people who think the same way, and you go, 'Okay, I'm ...

If the restoration did anything it shattered the age-old myth that God has stopped talking to his children.

There's something about being in the country that makes you stick out like a sore thumb ? you're an anomaly. But in London there's always ...

Missus said I was the worst waiting maid in Charleston. She said, "You are abysmal, Hetty, abysmal." I asked Miss Sarah what abysmal means and ...

No clouds gathered in the skies and the polluted streams became clear, whilst celestial music rang through the air and the angels rejoiced with gladness. ...

Every success won is a motivation to the next level of success.

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.

Let's have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuckin traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycle.

I must say that I do wrestle with the amount of money I make, but at the end of the day what am I gonna ...

I love watching her, watching her uncertainty and her hesitation. And her attempts at denying what we both know she's feeling. Teasing her is going ...

I am waiting for you in the living room ... the very pink living room. I do hope that when we acquire a home of ...

That is a reward that humbles me: the fact that immigrants coming to America, much like I did, can come into a Forever 21 and ...

When a hideous man becomes a fatherAnd a son is born to himIn the middle of the nightHe trembles and lights a lampAnd runs to ...

Most dancers I know, especially the talented and successful ones, seem to possess [my dog's] knack for living moment to moment. You see, their idea ...

I was kind of an outcast in school 'cause I always kept to myself and was writing poetry and then going on tour with my ...

As it so happens, I like your mouth.""It doesn't ""Challenge me?" He set the bottle down and moved to the end of the bed. "An ...

Another intruder that plagues our good health is sleeplessness. Insomnia is much like constipation in that stress or nervous tension can bring it on or ...

To truly be of service to others, we must first serve the server. The ability to bring an enlightened presence to those in need is ...

The time will come when all people will view with horror light way in which society and its courts of law now take human life; ...

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or ...

Sheesh, I'm surprised you've survived out here this long. Tell me, are you normal for a warrior or are you like a special day-release case ...

Yesterday is gone and you can't change it.There are no guarantees for tomorrow, so save it.The best stuff is now, so live today and don't ...

I was sad to see anybody leave, we had a very nice family on that show. I was very sad to see momma go, Victoria ...

Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.

Can I ask what you're reading?" ... She turned the book so the cover faced me. Wuthering Heights. "Have you read it?" She said. I ...

Conservatives don't want to read good, smart books. They mostly want to read Fox and talk radio hosts writing about presidents.

Seated atop the creature was a mermaid. She carried a crossbow. A sword hung from her hip. Her coppery hair, cut short, was angled over ...

One day Samuel strained his back lifting a bale of hay, and it hurt his feelings more than his back, for he could not imagine ...

If you do the same thing every day at the same time for the same length of time, you'll save yourself from many a sink. ...

In the old house, the past hung in the air like motes of dust waiting to be illuminated by the sharp rays of memory

SPEED ONLY MATTERS IF YOUR PATH IS CORRECT.

Sir Brian told him in fulsome scatological terms what he could do with his lineage.

Thi is the malady onf the humans, that they can hold on to that which is fleeting and of little consequence and call it everlasting. ...

I think school is so important. I was good student. A rebel, but I did well in my studies. I don't close myself to anything. ...

After I went to bed I had a curious fancy as to dreams. In sleep the doors of the mind are shut, and thoughts come ...

Had decided while she was in bed that she would never speak to her again. But she wanted Marnie to see her. She wanted her ...

But history is that rare woman who doesn't like to look at herself in the mirror. History, when she finds herself in front of one, ...

In this century we have made remarkable material progress, but basically we are the same as we were thousands of years ago. Our spiritual needs ...

Don't wait to be successful at some future point, have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are ...

See it, learn it, do it ALL.

No Statue of Liberty ever greeted our arrival in this country ... we did not, in fact, come to the United States at all. The ...

A woman should occasionally be babied enough to show her the man had affection, but beyond that she should be treated firmly. These tough women ...

Green Lantern: "What are your powers anyway? You can't fly."Batman: "No."Green Lantern: "Super-strength?"Batman: "No."Green Lantern: "Hold on a second ... You're not just some guy ...

I'm still not totally sure I know what's true about me.

Meditation is just a courage to be silent and alone. Slowly slowly, you start feeling a new quality to yourself, a new aliveness, a new ...

This woman's size protected herfrom the hurts of the worldbut it also imprisoned her soul. As the merry-go-round revolved, she ate another French fry,as a ...

The goal, then, is to uncouple fear and failure - to create an environment in which making mistakes doesn't strike terror into your employees' hearts.

So long as large sums of money are involved - and they are bound to be if drugs are illegal - it is literally impossible ...

I enjoy the TV series 'Dexter,' where there's a reason for every kill. Quentin Tarantino is a favourite, and a 'Kill Bill' action-packed movie would ...

Be careful how you live. Someone is always watching and will look to you as an example, an excuse, or a warning. The message some ...

My Daddy was left-handed, and I was left-handed when I was little. In fact, I was left-handed all the way to high school. Then I ...

It's cool because you get to see that some of these women are there because they should be. They're actually not good people to be ...

No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party who ignores her sex.

I hate hats! Hats just give you really bad hair! I had a hat sometimes. Frankly, you get burnt so much anyway, it's beside the ...

What I've found - and the older I get, the more I understand this and stand behind it - is, my whole life has been ...

Supporting local farmers is important to me, which is not only good for the local economy and better for the environment, there is evidence that ...

I thought there was no use for me in reading Sun Tzu and Machiavelli because I am neither a warrior nor a politician, but it ...

Care for your infant business or career as you would care for your infant child - with loving attention, with no expectation of any reward, ...

In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such ...

But truly, it was a practical decision, a smart business move.

For those who have learned what suffering is early on, you have prepared ahead of the pack so that you can take care of the ...

I'm not ready to settle down with anyone. Especially not someone that I've only just met. I'd have to be stark, raving mad to give ...

At worst, we're considered selfish or immature; women who don't want to have children are regarded as unnatural, traitors to their sex, if not the ...

If you can continue to smile through hardship and pain, then your moment will come ... just be patient.

I want to see a doctor," I said.He beamed. "But you've already seen one. Lucky Chang has M.I).s and Ph.D.s from every school between Seoul ...

Everyone wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars ...

You're a solemn prig, Prendick, a silly ass! You're always fearing and fancying. We're on the edge of things. I'm bound to cut my throat ...

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and ...

Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of your own.

She dumped me for the quarterback after she'd played my body like a banjo. So Sad.""I bet""I'm serious. I was heartbroken.""For how long?""A whole week." ...

A great writer has a high respect for values. His essential function is to raise life to the dignity of thought, and this he does ...

I'm one of those people who had Christmas and my birthday always combined, and generally, my birthday was pretty much ignored. But my parents are ...

The British Labour Party has always had a very strong "Atlanticist component," with an obsequiousness to American policies, and Blair represents this wing. He's clearly ...

Success is experienced when opportunity meets preparation, persistence, and prayer.

Right now, in every big city ghetto, tens of thousands of yesterday's and today's school dropouts are keeping body and soul together by some form ...