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A lot of sad things have happened to my friends' children, people you knew as babies. They've been killed or become crazy or all kinds ...

Young people, I want to beg of you always keep your eyes open to what Mother Nature has to teach you. By so doing you ...

I wanted to write a story about a future where everyone has a secret identity, in part because the Internet no longer exists.

I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are ...

A city sparkles in the nightHow can it glow so bright?The neighborhoods surround the soft florescent lightDesigner skyline in my headAbstract and still well-readYou went ...

Riza: Without his Alchemy he's just ... Jean: A little brat who swears a lotMaes: An arrogant pipsqueakRoy: Useless. Just uselessAlphonse: Sorry big brother, I ...

Some people only speak of freedom of speech while they're out of power. Once they're in power, they're ruthless in suppressing the rights of others.

When you spend time with God, it becomes evident. You become calmer, you're easier to get along with, you are more joyful, and you remain ...

The stock market can be fooled, but not forever.

I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought I'd regret it if I didn't act.

When people are vulnerable to control, they feel that they are selfish for deciding what to do with their own property. In reality, deciding for ...

I've built a solid career there, but America's ten times the size. Now that we're onto the third record, I feel like the stars have ...

Her fluency was marvelous. She would say things at random, intricate, flamelike, or slide off into a parenthetical limbo peppered with fireworks admirable linguistic feats ...

Just really be passionate and stick to your creative vision. Because it's competitive, and there are so many mind games and so many things that ...

As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a ...

People are not in good shape to where they have to question their own belief system because of a book or a story somebody wrote, ...

I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, ...

You can begin to shape your own destiny by the attitude that you keep.

If you didn't feel like your support system was strong enough, then getting yourself out of the situation was the best thing to do

I am happiest sitting against a tree, with my notebook or sketchpad on my knee, capturing the moment.

It is silly to call fat people 'gravitationally challenged' - a self-righteous fetishism of language which is no more than a symptom of political frustration.

You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover's say, And happy is the lover. 'Tis late to ...

To make revolution in Korea we must know Korean history and geography as well as the customs of the Korean people. Only then is it ...

Stop asking yourself how or why and tell yourself you can." - Charmainism

Just as in sports, becoming an elite performer in business requires struggle, sacrifice, and honest (often painful) self-assessment... Learning how to implement these approaches is ...

If there's room to make a record every year, and it sounds nothing like the old one, I might do that. It's easy to get ...

If you get up by 6am, exercise, plan your day, and start on your biggest task, then your whole day is different. If you do ...

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 ...

We first observe how dreary and disagreeable an overclouded day is when a single sunbeam pierces through, and offers to us the exhilarating splendor of ...

In this life, no matter what you do-you will never be able to satisfy everyone. So stay true to yourself and do you. Trying to ...

To turn your dreams into reality, all your resources, efforts and concentration should be aligned in the same direction.

I think life is about falling in love with the right person, shopping, eating our favorite desserts and traveling a lot.

Not many are the moments in life, where the easiest choice also happens to be the best one.Cherish and remember those moments, but do not ...

Some people will say that words like scum and rotten are wrong for Objective Journalism which is true, but they miss the point. It was ...

[On common water.] Its substance reaches everywhere; it touches the past and prepares the future; it moves under the poles and wanders thinly in the ...

Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall together.

I sat looking at her, completely lost for words; women say the damnedest things.

When the April wind wakes the call for the soil, I hold the plough as my only hold upon the earth, and, as I follow ...

I could faintly smell the ocean. I imagined being one of the old oak trees standing there swaying in the wind and braving all sorts ...

What do you want?" Jake asked. "Nothing. Can't I sit down for a chat with someone I once shared an egg with?""Trevor, you never chat ...

Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn't mean to take.

Stop focusing on what others keep doing wrong; Be positive. Be a light & influence for others. Make a difference in our world.

It's my belief that by demonizing Saddam, by raising the stakes in this war to the point where we're talking about a great moral crusade, ...

Yes, we were amazed when that happened. It was a real joke to us. Konrad Lueg and I did a Happening, and we used the ...

The first thing I do after work is take off my TV makeup with a gentle cleanser. I also try to exfoliate twice a week. ...

Don't let us rejoice in punishment, even when the hand of God alone inflicts it. The best of us are but poor wretches, just saved ...

I had a dream about you. You were lost in a daydream, when I walked in and you began screaming. But I know that could ...

Lucky for you, since you're the most dangerous man I've ever met. Asane woman would run away from you, not toward you.

Smack me if we ever get that awful.""But I smack you so often," she said, "how will you know that's what I'm smacking you for?""We ...

The new girl looked up and caught me looking at her.I looked away, but it wasbto late. I tried not to smile, but I was ...

After four centuries, the semicolon has finally achieved it's true calling: helping people wink online.

What we have got to do immediately is to say that racism and xenophobia is totally unacceptable and we will stand with the 1 percent ...

Some things are best left alone. Such as interfering in things which are beyond our powers.

There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and ...

My cousin just died. He was only 19. He got stung by a bee - the natural enemy of a tightrope walker.

You have to pull the feet to break the neck. They let the loved ones do it.

This is a very insulting tributeBut take it in good heartCongratulations Mom and DadYou've reached Silver together ... apartLots of love etc

There is nothing to lose in life. Be courageous!

Be together, in the moment of, enjoy each other, love each other, support each other, until the next time ... Life is too short.

Now, I have a Halloween mask I think you might get a kick out of. That's scary.

Boys have their soft and gentle moods too. You would suppose by the morning racket that nothing could be more foreign to their nature than ...

It's way too long and I gave up on it. Abandoning forever an innocent child to a hostile and unforgiving land. Sometimes I still hear ...

The truth is that the history of Mexico is a history in the image of its geography: abrupt and tortuous. Each historical period is like ...

I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. ...

Set your expectations and goals so high that people think they're impossible, that's when you know you set them too low.

Winning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you ...

King Alexander, the son of Ammon and of Philip the king, also supreme king of Europe and all Asia, Egypt and Libya, to the Tyrians ...

We went to church twice a week. My parents were employed in ministry; we prayed before dinner. We rollerbladed in the summer. We were allowed ...

I have always loved 'Stig of the Dump.' I think reading that book made me officially realise that I was a reader.

Whether you deny your wounds or see them clearly, they bring a great source of power because they lived in the same place as your ...

Zen values the simple, concrete, living facts of everyday direct personal experience.

Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share ...

Scythe Curie seemed a mix of many emotions, but she folded them all away, like clothes that no longer fit, and closed the drawer. Citra ...

It turns out that the 'Cry It Out' method of baby sleep training, where you ignore that your kid is screaming, crying and turning 40 ...

I've got a dad thanks. Your just the jerk who knocked up my mum and left her to figure out what to do with a ...

Singing is good for the soul. It's the first thing I do every morning, after my blessings and my grace. I put music on and ...

Unless we learn the lesson of self-appreciation and practice it, we shall spend our lives imitating other people and deprecating ourselves.

The writers we absorb when we're young bind us to them, sometimes lightly, sometimes with iron. In time, the bonds fall away, but if you ...

Go forth in every direction- for the happiness, the harmony, the welfare of the many. Offer your heart, the seeds of understanding, like a lamp ...

Today the West is awakening to its wants; and the "true self of man and spirit" is the watchword of the advanced school of Western ...

That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to ...

Rachel had decided he WAS handsome during their hike to the camp. Though the way he kept telling her to speak more quietly or to ...

I'm so sorry," said Kevin. "So selfish. I'm actually totally selfish, but I've been trying to cut back.

Now you die while we live on, and you've no one to blame but your selves. So do not speak of betrayal behind my back, ...

Sometimes i feel that i am unlucky due to couldn't enroll in the Harvard Business School but at least by this encouragement that i enrolled ...

You will be safe in His arms 'cause the hands that hold the world are holding your heart.

It was officially the most horrible time of the summer, when everyone was starting to come back, unpack, do laundry, repack, and go to school, ...

That a healthy BDSM or kink relationship involves building a deep trust in each other, open and honest communication, using safewords, negotiating and sharing your ...

Read a short story every day. By the end of the week you would have read volumes of stories.

Now this, monks, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is ...

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.

I may not be loud but that doesn't mean I'm not strong within myself. My mum and dad instilled in me to stand up for ...

By my soul, I can neither eat, drink, nor sleep; nor, what's still worse, love any woman in the world but her.

Evidently, one thing seems to have more value in direct proportion to whether or not we feel we have the freedoms, joys or conveniences of ...

None of us is fully able to perceive the truth that shines through another person's window, nor the falsehood that we may perceive as truth. ...

Oh, sweet Jesus, English, I'm in love with you! Isn't that reason enough to marry me and put me out of my misery? - Rafael ...

Some injuries can only be cured by our creator. We can try to hide them but the pain is too deep. These are the moments ...

Vaults. In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the affections. Hundreds of writers may be ...

With ever greater frequency they annihilate themselves, for success breeds contempt for those very qualities that purchased it.