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I know your breed; all your fine officials debauch the younger girls who are afraid to lose their jobs: that's as old as Washington.

Some call it progress, regeneration, rebirth. Many people call it other things.

A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double; the hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the forepart plays. She does ...

In 2006, the global economy was doing well. In India, the political and economic situation was stable. All key macroeconomic indicators reflected an economy that ...

O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity

We're not a homogeneous party, anymore than the Republicans are. But we are a party that I think has a plan to take us forward.

A vivid portrait of a teenage girl and her family in disarray. Meredith is a wonderful narrator, witty, feisty, full of yearning, and the story ...

Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just ...

Having the courage to say no when all your friends are saying yes is one of the most difficult things you'll ever have to do. ...

That's what we do: tell made-up stories to fend off the night, to put off telling the truth.

I realized I'm not supposed to be pursuing impact, I'm supposed to be pursuing God. And when I pursue God I will have exactly as ...

When you carry a gun, you mean to harm somebody, kill somebody.

You have to think before speaking. That's a quality I'm continuously evolving. For some reason, it seems like I'm bumping my head into the wall ...

A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep, in throwing a ray of light upon that darkness.

What is God? "He's truth; He's meaning. He's my purpose and yours. With terrorists wiping people out, dealers hooking kids on meth and ecstasy, violence ...

I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I loveIf you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.You will hardly ...

Love is a mystery. We embrace it where we can. Mostly we do not choose whom we love. It just happens. A voice speaks to ...

Prayer is the great gift which our Eternal Father has given us by which we may approach Him and speak with Him in the name ...

For every child who wants to be accepted wholly and loved unconditionally, there are others who simply want to be accepted for who they are, ...

This is not a Black problem. It is not a white problem. It is not a police problem. It is a WE problem. We the ...

Do not neglect your music. It will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you ...

Would you guys choose to walk away from possibly the most incredible encounter of your lifetime just because you had to let it go sooner ...

Union is only possible to those who are units. To be fit for relations in time, souls, whether of man or woman, must be able ...

Heaven, is not for everybody ... however, it is for anybody.

I am a good person. I like myself the way I am. Many people love and care about me. I have a purpose in life. ...

Nature works with five polymers. Only five polymers. In the natural world, life builds from the bottom up, and it builds in resilience and multiple ...

As for my next book, I won't write it till it has grown heavy in my mind like a ripe pear; pendant, gravid, asking to ...

Readers want to see, hear, feel, smell the action of your story, even if that action is just two people having a quiet conversation.

On resigning as collaborator on the memoirs of the former Wallis Warfield Simpson, new summaries, 6 October 1955. You can't make the Duchess of Windsor ...

You can't purchase me with a bunch of stones." "I wouldn't dream of purchasing you." Cullen laughed low in his chest and smiled, this time ...

Natural born geniuses, like Mozart or Shakespeare, don't have anything more than you - they have something less. What they lack are the self-imposed blocks ...

They had a leader. Some rebel. Shite! I don't remember his name. You know me and names. He was a dickhead and everybody says so. ...

When the American people elected Barack Obama and large Democrat majorities, the die was cast. ObamaCare was coming. Popular or not, constitutional or not, affordable ...

Marketing effectively, in a semantic web, revolves around those three 'little' requirements: Trust, Authority, Reputation.

I'm not asking for your forgiveness. I have done no wrong according to my kind. I never meant to turn you. I just wanted to ...

A great champion deals with setback with a comeback,

There are people who prefer to look their fate in the eye

Doing nothing is as good as collaborating.

Adolescence is the same tragedy being performed again and again. The only things that change are the stage props.

I like John Kerry. I think he's intellectually curious and very thoughtful. I think he's deeply committed on issues like the environment. I think he's ...

I think $37 and no mother and no visits or phone calls is shitty interest.

Nobody likes to be accused of a virtue.

Respect everyone, and love your Christian brothers and sisters. - 1 Peter 2:17

Oooh, hey, sex camp! Yeah. That's the ticket. We need to start a sex camp where women can tell their hubbies they're going to a ...

I die. I breathe in and breahe in and cannot exhale. I explode all over my friends. They forget my name and pretend it is ...

If you're living in the present...you only have to deal with what's actually going on in that moment.

The assault on Malta will cost us many casualties ... but ... I consider it absolutely essential for the future development of the war. If ...

As a person, you want to feel like you're giving back. That's something I've always enjoyed doing.

I love to read about anger. A "feel bad" book always makes me feel good. And no other novel in the history of literature is ...

In my dreams I ran paths walled with high hedges. Always the leaves brushing me like laughter. Always the long night.

Impotency; many developed

The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency.

Love is one of society's many socially accepted forms of madness.

God forbid if David Crosby gets sick again and I can't tour anymore, or something happens where I can't get around, what am I going ...

I can be a show-off at home. But publicly, I have always been a private person. It's not totally my bag to court the press.

Passion may be false, trivial or unnatural, but, if violent enough, is not without some trace of grandeur.

I'm one of those goobers who comes out of the polling place actually wearing the 'I VOTED' sticker on my jacket.

America is a willingness of the heart.

Battles are won en route, Shalhassan of Cathal though. A worthy thought: he raised his hand in a certain way, and a moment later Razeil ...

... struck. Once. And into that blow he put his childhood, his grief, his loss. He put his mother's sorrow and his sister's longing. The ...

Regression toward the mean. That is, in any series of random events an extraordinary event is most likely to be followed, due purely to chance, ...

Well, we're all mortal...and the old must make way for the young, otherwise there would be no promotion.

Albus Dumbledore didn't seem to realize that he had just arrived in a street where everything from his name to his boots was unwelcome.

Adventure:' there's a word that worked on us both like a charm.

When you are a child of the mountains yourself, you really belong to them. You need them. They become the faithful guardians of your life. ...

When you love someone, you're willing to give up damn near anything for them to be happy.

The opposite of happiness is unhappiness, not depression.

The moment kids start to lie is the moment storytelling begins. They are talking about things they didn't see. It's amazing. It's a wonderful moment. ...

To try to create a character without a whole lot of information can be taxing. At the same time, it's fun to just stay on ...

Now if I don't meet you no more in this world, then I'll, I'll meet you in the next one, and don't be late, don't ...

Shine: clear dew aching with light.

I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that ...

God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.

Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage ... there's no telling him what's funny.

James said, "Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, is sinning.

We're shooting 100 percent - 60 percent from the field and 40 percent from the free-throw line.

Visions from the gods are gifts alone for those who wander.

You see him coming in with an 0-2 record and a 5 ERA and you wonder, 'How? How's that possible?

Wake up every morning with a thankful attitude. Expect something good to happen in your life today.

Some of the pictures I must say every now and then I just think are going to be funny. When it gets that much, you ...

Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning ... They have to play with what they know to be true in order ...

Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity for the sake ...

The speed of your success is limited only by your dedication and what you're willing to sacrifice

What I do is write, and I try to write as closely as I can into what I call 'the mystery.'

I can rest when I'm dead.

Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us.

Haiti is an amazing country. Even though the people there have so little, their attitudes resonate a crazy amount of love and joy. It is ...

The history of a tough motherfucker he

Savage mothers eat their children!

Only human beings can reorder their lives any day they choose by refining their philosophy.

We have an overdraft with the earth something in excess of 130 per cent. We currently consume something like 30 per cent over and above ...

I'm not only passionate about dressing women and helping them feel and look their best, but also about helping to give a stronger voice to ...

They almost ran me off the road several times. There are so many chances that they take to get the right photo.

A dreamer is someone who hopes to comprehend things that others cannot even imagine

All the reasons you fell in love are still there, but perhaps buried under worries and responsibility. Find them again, then hang in there. Truly, ...

There's no joy in possession if all you do is throw money at it.

The worst advice in golf is, 'Keep your head down.'

When you sit, you've put a place on the island of the tonal for the possibility of your thoughts stopping for a short period of ...

If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.

I condemn all statements - made in sincerity or jest - that threaten or suggest the use of violence against the president of the United ...