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The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability.
Some people are born to be public property.
The answer is dreams. Dreaming on and on. Entering the world of dreams and never coming out. Living in dreams for the rest of time.
I won't ridicule you." He walked up to the window. "Want a Coke?'"Cherry slurpe."He rolled his eyes. "And you make fun of me.""See? Ridicule because ...
The reality is that the nationalist community in Northern Ireland were treated almost like animals by the unionist community. They were not treated like human ...
Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
I don't have any pets. I've got enough dumb friends without them.
Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status.
You are the center of your universe, and you can make anything happen.
Do not have as your motive the desire to be known as a praying man. Get an inner chamber in which to pray where no ...
Facts and information are the nourishment, the lifeblood, the raison d'etre, and also the bane and despair of librarians and researchers.
I wish I could stop this one moment, capture it, because I know it won't last.Because a guy like him doesn't stay in a woman's ...
My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.
My idea of heaven is to be hunting with you in some beautiful park with mountains like here at home but where we won't need ...
Now I find my good menAre gathered in the nightTo wait in silence, not to sleepAnd the glorious word of libertyThey whisper and murmurTill in ...
How can I make my husband's day better?" "How can I have a moment with each one of my kids?" "Where can I volunteer to ...
The beginning of the way to heaven, is to feel that we are on the way to hell. - J. C. Ryle
Common sense is that which tells us the world is flat.
If the reader needs a dictionary to read your book then the dictionary may turn out to be a more interesting read.
Getting up early in the morning to fix my eyes on Jesus through prayer and reading His Word is like setting
I think our system is being polluted by money,
There is no such thing as lack of time, only unclear priorities and lack of motivation. It is better to abandon a project than to ...
I'm not poor now, but unlike some of my friends who are now rich, I haven't embraced conservatism and religion. I'm not opposed to religion ...
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Ever director has at least 10 bad films in them.
I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular.
I tend to be very private. It's easier for me. When you're acting, you're very susceptible to comments that somebody makes, so if they know ...
One thing that has gone wrong in America is the general acceptance of bad ham
The philosophical study of nature endeavors, in the the vicissitudes of phenomena, to connect the present with the past.
When man will return to nature, nature will return to him.
You had a pile of rocks, and you cleaned them up pretty and made a necklace. Meg got jewels, and she hung herself with them
All the arts serving human desires and needs are derived from the breath that Godsent into the human body.
Everything has gotten vulgar and out of line for children to watch. It's more of a swearing match.
It is the job of conscious rational thought to decide what you want, select the goals you wish to achieve-and concentrate upon these rather than ...
A Europe that qualifies its own values is not attractive in the eyes of Muslims. Europe must conduct itself as a strong partner, both intellectually ...
That's another sort of being haunted: starting something and never finishing it.
I am a fan of the 'Rocky' films, and 'Rocky 4' is my favourite. I also like 'The Warriors.'
But, over time, grief fades. And so did my lust for vengeance.
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all that glisters gold. ...
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in traveling in a stage coach, ...
And we pray, and we pray and we pray and we pray.Everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday ...
I eat like a horse; sometimes I think I must have cancer.
One does not like to be told that one is naturally the inferior of a little man
When I started on the path, too, I really thought I would become a yogi in a cave, but I didn't have clarity about my ...
The trick at Le Mans is to get the car 'in the window.' Everything is critical: the tyre pressure, the brake temperature, and that means ...
As an American, I want our forces to prevail.
The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge.
Evolution loves death more than it loves you or me. This is easy to write, easy to read, and hard to believe.
My art and poetry is very political now. Because you've got to find that truth within you and express yourself. Somewhere out there, I know, ...
With love, you don't mislead or play around, so if you're not perfectly clear, just be honest about it.
Is that all souls are for? For when we die?" "No. They're for living, too.
Dying is not a solution.. I want to live with You..!
Over this year, familiarity had done its usual work, picking off the gilded paint one scratch at a time.
You put aside the work that's done, and seek some work to do.
Trust is the most important part of a relationship, closely followed by communication. I think that if you have those two things, everything else falls ...
Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired.
What I wish I had, is that I wish I was a little more Greek, in that I wish I could lose my North American ...
The world, full of past sound, would be like the sky, full of past light. The world would be like the mind, for which there ...
Unless you eat foods clearly marked "Certified organic by the USDA," you are taking part in a genetic experiment that is unprecedented in earth's long ...
In the middle of nowhere, along a quiet stretch of road, the diner dreamt of the hungry dead. And of two men.
The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.
We can have confidence in the long-term foundation of our economy ... I think the system basically is sound. I truly do.
Learning -the kind of ignorance affected by (and affecting) civilized races, as distinguished from ignorance, the sort of learning incurred by savages. See nonsense.
The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult ...
Dream, diversify-and never miss an angle.
Processed pig is white trash meat. Some people call it Spam.
I feel like I am a celebrity for no reason, like people are resentful I didn't have to play bars for 10 years to get ...
I need you to keep looking at me like you're going to burn a hole through my heart, and I need you to tell me ...
At least," Mother said, "that's the story Aunt Esther tells." "What do you mean?" I asked. "Isn't it true?" "Stories are never 'true'," Mother said. ...
Are you willing to nourish your heart with love; then your selfishness will starve to death.
This is a diseased world in which it is impossible for anyone to be fully human. One way or another, everyone who lives in the ...
What is truly revolutionary about molecular biology in the post-Watson-Crick era is that it has become digital ... the machine code of the genes is ...
If you play a gay role, it sticks more than it does if an actor were to play a murderer or a psychopath.
That motley drama - oh, be sure It shall not be forgot!With its Phantom chased for evermore By a crowd that seize it not,Through a ...
All beauty is sad. For it fades.
Your doctrine can be as straight as a gun barrel and just as empty!
I think at the time, my radicalization was not through growing up Chinese, but through the role that the black people were playing at the ...
The voices of conformity speak so loudly. Don't listen to them. No one does the right thing out of fear. If you ever utter the ...
There's no law of physics that says we have to be an unsustainable society - in fact, quite the opposite. The planet's ready to work ...
We're connected, as women. It's like a spiderweb. If one part of that web vibrates, if there's trouble, we all know it, but most of ...
Of processing and analyzing: two hours of sleep. Cost of thinking: two more hours of sleep. Cost of giving the elusive more to the insanely ...
You want to free the world, free humanity, from oppression? Look inside, look sideways, look at the hidden violence of language. Never forget that language ...
Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.
When you do things for the right reasons, eventually no matter how long it takes, people will take notice of it and can't help but ...
We have to figure out how to deal with Iran as the principal state sponsor of terrorism in the world.
We are a gentle angry people We are a land of many colors We are gay and straight together We are a peaceful loving people ...
Friday the 13th ... I'mma play Jason!
I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals ...
Oh my God I'm going to kill you!' But she was laughing.
God exists. He has one wicked since of humor, and right now he's having a grand old time punking the planet.
Naturally, every boyfriend comes with an ex-girlfriend, every business comes with competitors, but it is entirely up to you to decide how much time you ...
To believe in personal responsibility would be to destroy the whole special role of the anointed, whose vision casts them in the role of rescuers ...
The best means to an end are not always those that appear most direct.
You really are playing God." "I most certainly am not playing.
I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?
The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the ...
In a new issue of Esquire magazine, they revealed that before he was married to Teresa Heinz, Senator John Kerry dated Morgan Fairchild, Michelle Phillips, ...
The nonexistence of God makes more difference to some of us than to others. To me, it means that there is no absolute morality, that ...
I love dressing up, though I have to hide my rubbish hair in a hat.
It's hard to see love when you have it, but when it's gone you're blind to anything else.