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Each reader reads only what is already within himself. The book is only a sort of optical instrument which the writer offers to the reader ...

If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true to yourself.

Wakey wakey eggs and bacey!

Life is way too short, so try to enjoy every minute of it with a sense of humor!

Modernity consists in a revolt against the prevailing style, an unyielding rage against the official order.

If utilizing technology is not a crime then why there is prohibition on use of calculators in exams?

It is a great, a pleasant thing to have a friend with whom to walk, untroubled, through the woods, by the stream, saying nothing, at ...

The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you.

Enthusiasm is a heightened state of consciousness, and it's one of the best feelings there is to feel.

I just feel like even the ugliest truth feels a whole lot better than carrying around the weight of lies.

I'm still really fascinated with characters and people and telling their stories.

The smell of him and the touch of his skin, I feel my desire for him rise again and we move together.

The universe isn't neutral, it has a plan, it has a pattern, a big idea that is seeking willing places for its ever expanding expression; ...

Heavenly rest will be so refreshing that we will never feel that exhaustion of mind and body we so frequently experience now. I'm really looking ...

When the human being sings he lends expression to the great wise ways in which the world was made.

Celebs that hit the West Hollywood/Beverly Hills quadrant and places like the Urth Caffe are not exactly trying to keep a low profile; it's sort ...

When the sweet ache of being alive, lodged between who you are and who you will be, is awakened, befriend this moment. It will guide ...

Beauty is that Medusa's head which men go armed to seek and sever, and dead will starve and sting forever.

God is not only a divine person who we can address in prayer, but also a wide living space We human beings are giving each ...

The best time to plant a tree was forty years ago. The second best time is today.

The spark lies within us, somewhere deep within! Once you find it, that will illuminate the whole path you travel, all lives upon your way ...

Oh, how beautiful is the summer night, which is not night, but a sunless, yet unclouded, day, descending upon earth with dews and shadows and ...

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.

Ardent believers hide within the safety of their absolutes, for much more courage is needed to abandon their cozy security for the questioning of ones ...

The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But ...

Science advances through tentative answers to a series of more and more subtle questions which reach deeper and deeper into the essence of natural phenomena.

Genuinely good manners are, after all, essentially a way of moderating one's own egotism, often in the service of considering the egos of others. Even ...

I understand why you did what you did. Perhaps a part of me even admires you for it. But I can't forgive you for it.

But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and ...

What difference would a clear vision of my principles, values, and ultimate objectives make in the way I spend my time?

So, I mean to say, as for those who are proving their allegiance with what I would call sickening perseverance, and who are urging the ...

Officially she was there to liaise with me on the case, but really she was there for the wide-screen TV, takeaways and the unresolved sexual ...

I can tell you my feelings were hurt,

There is no reason why capitalists and entrepreneurs should be ashamed of earning profits.

No doubt you think me a complete fool.'Finally he was making some sense. Felicity smiled. 'Not a fool, Rafe. Simply overwhelmed by unexpected circumstances.

If we knew how to use the power of our thoughts, we could travel the world in a second.

In England, in France, in no other country would a black man have a chance to get elected. There's no two ways about it. Our ...

Love is like graffiti on the train, Meaning love isn't easy to explain

Yes, Bob, I rather thought entity-relationship diagrams were your sort of thing. You're the expert in Visio, aren't you? Drawing up UML diagrams of fictional ...

My children are my whole life.

When I got tired of going to school, I was kind of overqualified for a lot of jobs. Kind of underqualified for a lot of ...

The serial murderer often seeks the very form of capital punishment that is being held over his head as a deterrent.

When you find yourself surrounded by sane people excited about your idea and lending support, you realize, perhaps, you are not as crazy as you ...

Anyone can do more,but it will be our thing to do just one.

If you need help, look to clergy who do not spout their own beliefs but direct you in sincerity by using the Bible.

He took me down and out into the afterlife of the brightly lit streets, a haze of rain around each streetlight like a galaxy, the ...

The wise use time to buy more.

There are some people who hate for no reason at all. They just simply hate. They do not realize that their unjustified hatred inevitably turns ...

Due to their reluctance to tie themselves down at a young age, they have the capacity as well as the predisposition to be their own ...

The dove is my emblem.

Everyone has to work where he is able to maximize what he has been given to the fullest.

Preventative medicine has to be the direction we go in. For example, if colon cancer is detected early - because a person knew he had ...

Our old site did not have very good support for the disabled, but our new site should soon have much better support. With all of ...

An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,A goodly apple rotten at the heart.

There is a piece of me that likes to fondly imagine my maverick and rebellious nature. But, more accurately, I like to have a nice ...

Utopian speculations ... must come back into fashion. They are a way of affirming faith in the possibility of solving problems that seem at the ...

It is not difficult to learn a new idea, but it is almost impossible to unlearn an old one.

I've never been to the Soviet Union and the main reason for that is I was warned several times by people from the KGB who ...

The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility.

I would not be the mere President of a Party. I feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.

The darkness still looms over my head, threatening to rain down on me. Some days it does, only now I have people there to help ...

When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. It was like discovering an underground lake of ideas that went ...

I don't date dancers, but I've always wanted to teach guys how to dance.

Honestly, so much of my book is about the best things in my life have happened since I'm 40.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.

I like playing music. I don't always like the feeling of people looking at me. I don't think I'm, like, a natural performer, but I'm ...

It's a compliment. Say thank you. I rather like the connotations to the blow jobs you give. It's like you enjoy it as much as ...

There are moments in life that you wish with all your heart you could take back. Like, just erase from existence. Like, if you could, ...

Love is more than a noun-it is a verb; it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.

Punishment renders autonomy of conscience impossible.

Did her dragon nature make her more violent? She'd never fantasized death for anyone before. Then again, she'd never met someone like Ferrin.

I'd recommend the high road to anybody. You wonder about it and you don't really appreciate it until you do it and you find that ...

I'm going to write what I feel like writing, which is a great place to be. But it can be hard to get there. It's ...

We don't know what the next generation of art is going to look like. We're kind of making it up as we go along. Not ...

I mean to suggest that without a transcendent and honorable purpose, schooling must reach its finish, and the sooner we are done with it, the ...

A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated ...

Uncle Mort to Lex and Driggs: And if I hear any article of clothing being unzipped, unstrapped, unhooked, or unbuckled, you will lose the body ...

I'm never quite sure how far to go with praising young kids because the next thing you will see him probably driving a Mercedes and ...

At the end of the day, I can end up just totally wacky, because I've made mountains out of molehills. With meditation, I can keep ...

A sense of control can fuel motivation, but for that drive to produce insights and innovations, people need to know their suggestions won't be ignored, ...

Unplug yourself often and you risk losing touch with your feelings altogether.

Some cameras are heavier and need to be on tripods. Others are small enough to hide in your pocket. There are places where you don't ...

Self-denial is spiritual.

The whole composition reminds him of something he once had and that he isn't sure if he misses. He does and he doesn't at the ...

Things are not more or less perfect, according as they delight or offend human senses, or according as they are serviceable or repugnant to mankind.

There's no use in denying it: this has been a bad week. I've started drinking my own urine.

Now is all the time I have anything to do with, said Miss Ophelia.

The way to a landowner's heart was to tax gently.

If you ever put yourself in harm's way like that again, I'll put you over my knee.""And do what?" she asked indignantly.He lifted his gaze ...

For what is love if one loves a woman without knowing her? Just a decision to love? Or even an imitation? The question concerns us ...

So what if you believe it can't be done. Stop trying to prevent those who do believe from reaching for the stars.

While one-half of the people of the United States are robbed of their inherent right of personal representation in this freestcountry on the face of ...

Onto his side and pushed up into a sitting position, tucking his head between his knees. Sensed the instability of the world long before he ...

The good thing about being undiscovered is that every time you begin a new writing project it feels like this work will be the best ...

Sometimes, patients with serious mental illness, just as with other serious medical illnesses, require hospitalization. In the absence of available public or private hospital beds, ...

You grow up the day you realize your parents are just wounded children.

Anthony, she had said, and with that one word,had given him not only herself but a new, better edited version of his future.

To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.