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Wealth of a heart is measured not by how much love it received, but by how much it gave away without expectation.

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 ...

Every book should begin with attractive endpapers. Preferably in a dark colour: dark red or dark blue, depending on the binding. When you open the ...

I really don't think anyone can blame us for wanting no part of the marriage mart if she is already the belle of the ball," ...

For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old ...

Sister Maria Martinez whom I believe I've mentioned before has been giving me cooking classes. Today I learned how to bake mean banana bread. The ...

Everything was flame shades of tangerine and pomegranate, ripeness on the brink of decay, and when the wind rippled the leaves they looked like a ...

We measure the success of schools not by the kinds of human beings they promote but by whatever increases in reading scores they chalk up. ...

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 ...

The past is nothing to [the young], not even another country as it is to the old, or even a nightmare as it is to ...

Love is the heartbeat of the sacred soul.

In three days," he continued, "I will be your husband. I will take a solemn vow to protect you until death do us part. Do ...

The Universe in a Nutshell

The halcyon days of childhood, a time when everything lay open before him, when the most minor episodes could be construed as events and every ...

My chefs don't apply for 'Top Chef'. They all know that there is no way. At the end of the process I look at the ...

Nothing's ever simple. I just don't want you to ignore possibilities out of fear. Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith, believing that ...

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

I realise I might pass down an incurable illness to my son, but living based on what might go wrong seems like less and less ...

It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realise what your own beliefs really are. - ...

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her ...

The thing is, you don't get to know. It's not like you wake up with a bad feeling in your stomach. You don't see shadows ...

There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I ...

Alan Alda and his wife Arlene are two of the most life-affirming people I've ever met. He espoused equal rights for women while producing, writing, ...

The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles - preferably ...

I had so much fun doing Django, and I love westerns so much that after I taught myself how to make one, it's like, 'OK, ...

Well, just get used to it, because you're a long ways away from Kansas, my dear. She actually started singing "The Sun Will Come Out ...

I want to be a good example for my son. That's the best way to parent - to be the example of what you want ...

When Marvel approached me about possibly bringing back a She-Hulk solo series, a few touchstones for a take immediately popped into my head - make ...

The future will be a better tomorrow.

When spring knocks at your door, regardless of the time of year or season of our lives, run, do not walk to that door, throw ...

Like all mothers, mother nature is delighted to keep in touch with you when you're appearing in hit tv shows like BJ and the bear ...

The startling truth is this: as this narrative unfolded, amidst all the voices breaking free, telling their stories for the first time, the loudest voice ...

There really is a kind of insane beauty around us all the time. It's just a question of learning to slow down, take a deep ...

The big spells," Mg. Thane answered, his expression plain but his bright eyes smiling. Did he know how much those eyes gave away?

My first appearance as a guest on The Tonight Show was in '81.

I get a lot of mail from boys in detention centers, including one from a center where they only had a few copies of my ...

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 world would be a better place for man, if man were not in it.

And so you should." He again assessed the newly replaced windows and repaired roof, then clapped Mack on the shoulder. "It's a good thing you're ...

The Keys To Happiness1.Finishing the Grave Digger's Handbook.2.Escaping the ire of Santa Maria.3.Recieving two books for Christmas.

A sense of beauty is every hindrance to a soldier; yet there would be no soldiers - or none such soldier had not men dead ...

As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not ...

Thanks to the long days of rain, the blades of grass glowed with a deep-green luster, and they gave off the smell of wildness unique ...

For many years, Tass's life was like an echo.

We, or I, cannot monitor everyone all of the time. If people want to do wrong, they will also try to hide it.

Dear god, I am only twenty seven, my cause is defeated, my husband is dead. am I to be one of the poor widows who ...

True up-bringing is restricted to two types of welfare; the welfare of the body and that of the mind.

And Nate? You kiss like a slobbering dog, you have bad breath, and you wouldn't know how to punch the right buttons on a girl ...

Religions are strange. They seem to be caught in some dream which they won't give up and trying to convince others of the truth of ...

The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance.

I see all the red carpet paparazzi stuff and I'm like, 'Really? Do I have to?!' I like to work and I know that's part ...

A drunk man, staggering and mindless, must be led home by his son, so wet is his psyche ... Water brings death to the psyche, ...

Lost sheep are scattered because the people who are supposed to shepherd them are not aware

To be honest, I think we should find first the possibility to make it. Research is first - if you're not interested, you never can ...

To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is finer.

I'm anything but fine. I feel like the sun has set and not risen for five days, Ana. I'm in perpetual night here.

One who understands the limits of the good life knows that what eliminates the pains brought on by need and what makes the whole of ...

Won't You guide me through the dark night of the soul That I may better understand Your way ... Let me purify my thoughts and ...

Adam Smith is misread as being amoral precisely because people don't read his first book, because they don't read 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments.'

There are persons who seem to have overcome obstacles and by character and perseverance to have risen to the top. But we have no record ...

Whose SUV is this?" I asked once we were out of Carnal."Mine." He answered.I looked at him. "You drive a Harley.""Not big on puttin' bad ...

I really think more about being honest and truthful about feelings and how people behave for the movies that I direct, but I also love ...

You don't see the world the way other people do. And when you let your guard down, the way you think, the way you say ...

Because survival and love are the immortal truths of humankind, no generation is a total stranger to the forerunner generations of humankind.

Once we determine in our souls that God's glory is our goal, we then stop taking the path of least resistance and start taking the ...

Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don't pay a lot of taxes as ...

The next morning he and Denise worked in an intimate silence. If she was up at the cash register and he was behind his counter, ...

Taking time to show your daughter your love, fills the tapestry of her live with memories she will keep forever and builds a reservoir of ...

Just because you were inside me does not make us betrothed, you Neanderthal jerk.

Easter is not limited to the passion and death of Christ; it also includes the dismal tragedy of life unlived by the many, and all ...

The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco

Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.

The saddest aspect of life is that there is no one on earth whose happiness is such that he won't sometimes wish he were dead ...

The tribal community lived in the totality of circular time; the farmers of God's universe understood before and after; workers of the clockwork universe lived ...

I always took my workouts serious because I have a football background. I came from football, so when I got to baseball, I continued my ...

For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. alcoholic beverage industry. In 2005, craft beer experienced a 9 ...

Something within me is waking from long sleep, and I want to live and move again. Some zest is returning to me, some immense gratefulness ...

She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright ...

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

Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.

I stopped for a moment, biting the inside of my cheek. This was the hardest part. I want to be first. I know that's selfish, ...

Carrying lockpicks was one bad sign. On the other hand, Owl was taking long enough getting the lock open she almost counted as honest."I'm not ...

I think making shorts is really about giving yourself the opportunity to learn what your strengths and weaknesses are. That's really important to know before ...

And as fall turned to winter, the Darlington peach trees started dropping their leaves again, gently, like they were letting them go. It wasnt the ...

My Mother is Swedish and my Father is Scottish, he played for Charlton in the 1960's and was in the Army, he captained the British ...

Because reverse mortgages do not require borrowers to make immediate repayments, the interest charges are added to the debt every day, and the total amount ...

I wanted to have a reaction from the audience. I wanted to be able to talk to somebody, and not be talking just to myself. ...

Remember, my talented friend, there are Michelangelos begging everywhere in the streets of Rome...

I savored my time on top of the podium by watching the American flag rise up out of the crowd as the anthem played, thinking ...

Ada and Isabel had been unpopular in high school. They had talked incessantly of money and social position, making themselves very obnoxious to the other ...

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

Well, the bottom line is that I'm extremely pleased with 'The Stupids.' I'm pleased that it's coming out, and it should look good. It's nice ...

The gremlins are clearly the ones have the most fun in the film, trashing the town, going to the bar, smashing things, etc. It's all ...

I think if you play characters, it's very important not to ever tag them with any sort of disorder, or diagnose them, or whatever. You ...

The faith by which we live shall never vary in any age ... for one is the faith which sanctifies the Just of all ages.

Anyone unable to understand how useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.

TRUST is like a paper once it's crumpled it can't be PERFECT again.

The mind must become the servant of the intellect, not the slave of the senses. It must discriminate and detach itself from the body. Like ...

I thought of how proud he was when he took the marks- cutting the skin of his throat in a long slash and then packing ...

I feel that education needs an overhaul - courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out.