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If you watch [The] Search for Signs of Intelligent Life [in the Universe], or The Incredible Shrinking Woman, or 9 to 5, there is a ...

Every moment and every event of everyman's life on earth plants something in his soul. For just as the wind carries thousands of winged seeds, ...

If you have to swallow a frog, don't stare at it too long.

And suddenly, not a soul's at the store as for other & similar & just as blank reasons, they've gone to the silence, the suppers ...

I have about 4 albums of Disney songs, but the embarrassing part is that I know each song word for word, and have dances choreographed ...

She closed her eyes. Her rabbit heart slowed, curled up in its warren, and seemed to become fully itself: warm fur, soft belly. A thrum ...

I'm very disturbed at the picture that was painted by Senator Ted Kennedy that Samuel Alito is not a man of his word, that he ...

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 ...

Francie, Neeley, and mama had a very fine meal. Each had a thick slice of the "tongue," two pieces of sweet-smelling rye bread spread with ...

Things on a very small scale behave like nothing that you have any direct experience about. They do not behave like waves, they do not ...

For me, policy is best when connected to the roots, and roots are best when connected to policy. So I encourage you all to stay ...

Fantasies die slow, quiet deaths. They're like cherry blossoms breaking away and sailing down slowly, still holding onto their color and their softness and beauty, ...

I can see getting married and having a family, because it is the next thing on the agenda. You can only do this for so ...

The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi.

Every day we, as a species, do so much to destroy Creation's ability to give us life. But that Creation continues to do everything in ...

You know what talent is? The curse of expectation. As a kid you have to deal with that, beat it somehow. If you can write, ...

When you lay down with neglect & sleep around with excuses, you wake up with failure ... When you marry your goals & remain intimate ...

Spare the child and spoil the rod, I am not sellin' myself to god.

How much easier life was once you learned how to lie. I had gotten into trouble by speaking out of turn, arguing and answering back ...

Humankind cannot gain something without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. This is Alchemy's First Law of ...

I have been addicted to it, and it's ultimately related to anxiety coping, and it's a form of self-medication, and I was smoking up to ...

Which story do you want to hear my child?"he picked him up and made him sit on his lap."Tell us the story of that fairy ...

In the struggle for justice, the only reward is the opportunity to be in the struggle. You can't expect that you're going to have it ...

Temptation isn't impersonal - there is an actual enemy doing the tempting. Mark treats Satan as a reality, not a myth. This is certainly jarring ...

My mother had a sewing machine. I was never allowed to use it, but I was so fascinated by this little needle going up and ...

My first-grade teacher told me I was the dumbest student she ever had. She did me a favor. If she told me I was very ...

But why wasn't I born, alas, in an age of Adjectives; why can one no longer write of silver-shedding Tears and moon-tailed Peacocks, of eloquent ...

The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons.

Leonard had let them go alone with the young boy who Ali was now convinced, was a couple falafel's short of a picnic

When outcomes are uncertain, most of us spend a great deal of energy ruminating, worrying, and second-guessing ourselves. Not only is this a waste of ...

If you want to serve the country, you recognize it's rough and tumble. And it's nothing like serving your country in the military.

She can't wear that dress! It's indecent. Her ass is hangin' out." ... "Son, take my advice, you gotta get this girl in hand. You ...

... the kids, they took us places we never would have gone to on our own. Some times were great... some times were wretched... And ...

Sometimes silence is needed the most when life is so full of noise.

When you can't have both freedom and safety, boy, which do you choose?" Elend was silent. "I make my own choice," he finally said. "And ...

In the Soviets' view, chess was not merely an art or a science or even a sport; it was what it had been invented to ...

Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let's get ...

I sat down at the table, took a deep breath, smiled at Detective Masterson, and nodded at Deputy Slalom. It was going to be a ...

I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or ...

Vivien also knew that the affair was one-sided and that her feelings were not something she would ever share with him.

I've dated the sweet mama's boy, the musician rocker, the struggling artist - basically a lot of people without jobs.

Rappers kinda look stupid sometimes. Most of the time. I'm pretty sure I look stupid too a lot.

To avoid surprises later, spend enough time to know people initially. Don't just ask the obvious. Go the extra mile... Be creative and unconventional...

Thus ended the first and adventurous part of his existence. What followed was so different that, but for the reality of sorrow which remained with ...

The whole purpose of scientific method is to make valid distinctions between the false and the true in nature, to eliminate the subjective, unreal, imaginary ...

Caring about the quality of your work causes stress. Stress can kill you. Maintain good health by remembering that the stockholders are complete strangers who ...

The radical tension between good and evil, as man sees it and feels it, does not have the last word about the meaning of life ...

Let's promise to each other that if we ever meet again we will never plow and push our new-fallen snow. We will not become slush. ...

My grandfather was a teacher, my grandmother on my mom's side, four of my aunts, my sister-in-law, my best friend. So I've always, my entire ...

Nearly fourteen billion years ago, all the space and all the matter and all the energy of the known universe was contained in a volume ...

He was tongue-tied in the presence of a fourteen-month-old baby. All the things he thought of saying, like 'Who's Daddy's little boy, then?' sounded horribly ...

No matter how much strong black coffee we drink, almost any after- dinner speech will counteract it.

Some sunshine is good for the soul, but I always make sure I wear a big hat.

My hands are way too big to text. I'd need short hand for my hands. -Foot to Pad

She would never be caught unprepared again, she swore to herself. She would never trust. Never love. Never put faith in other human beings again. ...

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and ...

Horror jolts me when I look at one of you and see a pair of beautiful eyes that make me think your mind might contain ...

Success shouldn't be measured by how much you have but by how much you give back.

Soldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

Intelligent too, ooh you my sweetheart. I've always liked my women book and street smart. Long as they got a lil' class like half days ...

Its not greener on the other side of the fence, its just a different shade of brown over there. Be happy with who you are ...

When there is no job related stress, you are more aware of your mate and children, if you are a parent.

If you know you're the best it only makes sense for you to surround yourself with the best. NO EXCEPTIONS

I stopped explaining myself when I realized other people only understand from their level of perception.

High on its flanks is a complex of caves where the kings and heroes of the Mountain Kingdoms have been laid to rest, their bodies ...

That's something that seems to happen when I'm writing, where maybe things that don't necessarily make a lot of logical sense are put together, and ...

The moment you stop chasing happiness, you become happy.

You should step in my shoesWalk for a whileand maybe you will see how hard it isto hold back the tears and fake a smile

Grits are hot; they are abundant, and they will by-gosh stick to your ribs. Give your farmhands (that is, your children) cold cereal for breakfast ...

She's been there for me in a lot of ways, and she really is just the most dependable and loyal and funny as all get ...

Life isn't burger king. You can't always have it your way.

There must be some kind of way out of here,' said the joker to the thief ...

I moved to San Francisco when I was 20 years old. I couldn't even drink yet. My friends in college thought I was so stupid ...

That's all small talk is - a quick way to connect on a human level - which is why it is by no means as ...

World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own.

I opened up Shutterstock to the whole world. I created a contributor community that anyone could give stock photography a shot.

Hoping to Fall Out:Leaning out as far as she can, hoping she'll fall soon, so she can stop worrying about whether it will happen or ...

I fell in love with the land and with the very old fashioned idea of leaving a physical legacy for my children. A stunning place, ...

Having my daughter in the backseat with her best friend, singing "Let It Go," the Frozen song, at the top of her lungs, and just ...

Every day we, as a species, do so much to destroy Creation's ability to give us life. But that Creation continues to do everything in ...

It's the space you put between the notes that make the music.

When I was young, my voice was so strong, and I would annoy people because I had such a loud little voice. And then it ...

Real success is not defined by materialistic values.

The idea that I could work wonders as the Lord flutters through my mind like a glamorous butterfly. I hasten to catch it, but it ...

A 1990 study by the (liberal) Progressive Policy Institute showed that, after controlling for single motherhood, the difference in black and white crime rates disappeared.

The loneliest, most down-on-his-luck person can have a dog who adores him. The most bitter, sour person can light up with joy when he sees ...

I love Fayetteville. I like hills and vistas and hardworking people and fighting snow in winter and chiggers in the summer.

Why are so many problems today perceived as problems of intolerance, rather than as problems of inequality, exploitation, or injustice? Why is the proposed remedy ...

Those who become enamoured of the art, without having previously applied to the diligent study of the scientific part of it, may be compared to ...

Every time I am reading actors I can pretty well tell which ones have studied with Meisner. It is because they are honest and simple ...

Training is full-on. Some days I really don't want to get out of bed and hit that track again. Sunday and Monday morning sessions are ...

Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.

I once wrote deduceable instead of deducible in a book, though nobody then or since has taken me up on it. A small point as ...

To ugly ducklings everywhere,Don't worry about those fluffy yellow morons:They'll never get to be swans

Evil is boring. Cynicism is pointless. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Hopelessness is self-indulgent. On the other hand: Joy is fascinating. Love ...

I'm always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the things we did were classical - ...

If youdon't want toend up insomeone else'spoem,then maybeyou shouldstarttreatingpeoplebetterfor achange.- an unapologetic poet.

Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,For a ...

They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

Every single person in the world has something good about them. You just have to look inside of yourself and focus on it.