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I do not know much. But there are certain advantages in not knowing. Like virgin territory, the mind is free of preconceptions. Everything I do ...
We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter ...
We lived in a tall, narrow Victorian house, which my parents had bought very cheaply during the war, when everyone thought London was going to ...
IT'S ONE of those moments where life seems to pause, and the universe opens its mouth and vomits comprehension on you.
It's easier to be authentic if you don't say you are authentic.
It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the ...
If the Valg craved the sunshine of Erilea, then she would give it to them.
The face of Truth is hidden behind the golden veil of maya, says the Upanishad.
Speeches are for politicians. We are Milliners, Wonderlanders of action.
What the hell's wrong with mimosas?' Aphrodite was saying. 'Orange juice is for breakfast.''What about the champagne part? That's alcohol,' Stevie Rae said.'It's pink Veuve ...
Thus the conscience, though it may lead the unsaved man aright in some areas, cannot save him, since it is defiled, seared, and evil. But ...
There is only one reason that you ever fail at anything ... and that is because you eventually change your mind. That's it! ... anything ...
I love fashion, and that's how I express myself.
Everyone thinks my name is Jerry Laitis and they call me Mr Laitis. What can you do when you have a name that sounds like ...
Boxing's given me the chance to travel around the world and open the door and the world is much brighter.
Our efforts in chess attain only a hundredth of one percent of their rightful result ... Our education, in all domains of endeavour, is frightfully ...
I just turned 30 so I got really introspective as you do, questioning my life. And when I stopped and sort of looked back at ...
I can't sprinkle sprinkles on. I lose control when I have sprinkles. I'm shaky. I still remember the great sprinkle accident of 1982.
I was very low and I had to achieve something. Without the challenge, I would have gone stark raving mad.
By meditating, you are beginning to act and every action which is pleasing to God brings you closer to the actualization of your God-given vision
Most of my favorite writers are over forty, and so I suppose I'll only name a few of the writers whose work I find myself ...
Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.
I'm going to open another vottle. not a vottle, but a bottle. you open it and I'll drink it. and you try to write as ...
People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known ...
Raveand Rhamnusia, Goddes of Dispyte,' said Lymond acidly. 'I am trying to get you home, vide the shiten shepherd and the clene shepe, with your ...
At least for a moment we all saw, I think, that the danger of pluralism is that it becomes factionalism, and that if factions grind ...
If one doesn't have a character like Abraham Lincoln or Joan of Arc, a diet simply disintegrates into eating exactly what you want to eat, ...
One of the key problems is that the Germans know what they do because everywhere they go there's a 'made in Germany' label on it ...
I've heard that the two plants that make Ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis) in the Amazon, are increasingly difficult to find in the wild.
I really want Americans, and all of us, to be less afraid of death, and know that it's a passage, but that - don't go ...
It seems you can't go anywhere today without seeing some popular culture rendition of Vampyres. I went into a bookstore a few weeks ago and ...
Your shoes are carrying your most valuable possession - your life. Do not delay. Everything else can be replaced,
For my own style, I love vintage. 60's and 70's are my favorite. I love baby doll dresses and the soft colors. I try to ...
He was born a politician.No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has chosen to become.
Rien n'est vrai que ce qu'on ne dit pas. Nothing is true except that which is unsaid.
I think President Obama really does get the value of the arts.
Our freedom is also incomplete, dear compatriots, as long as we are denied our security by criminals who prey on our communities, who rob our ...
I knew it was easier to drill things in than to take them out.''It's like a screw!' Craig-Vyvyan shouted.... 'If you pull off it's head, ...
I've been writing a lot about just the aspects of luck and being picked, and how of course it's always how one perceives themselves in ...
I'm not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.
Where some women wanted mere privacy, she yearned for complete solitude that verged on the violent; solitude that forced you constantly back upon yourself, even ...
Exposure and attention make a work famous - the more you talk about it, the more attention it gets, the more validity it achieves.
Being inclusive means to appreciate differences and enjoy the diverse viewpoints.
I am sure that the power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas.
Jainism has two ways of looking at things: one called Dravyarthekaraya and the other Paryayartheka Noya. According to the Dravyarthekaraya view the universe is without ...
Hoi, hoi u embleer hrair! M'saion ule' hraka vair!
Love is responsible for nearly every kind of insanity in the world though greed, vanity, and pure meanness contribute their portion to general misery.
Love Is An Act Of Valour.
Whoever can lift a rifle, should have one.
Our demons are our own limitations, which shut us off from the realization of the ubiquity of the spirit ... each of these demons is ...
As subdued as the crowd seemed, the tempers wafting his way seethed with rage. The tides weren't defeated. They were dry kindling, just waiting for ...
Do you ever make a meal and just know - I mean know, with absolute certainty - that somewhere in the Hamptons, Ina Garten would ...
Sometimes there's beauty in the tough words - it's all in how you read them.
Wine is a clog to the pen, not an inspiration.
He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - ...
Just because someone throws their success in your face doesn't mean you have to let it get in your eyes.
What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English SWELL and LOUSY.
He wanted the show to be fresh to audiences 50 years down the line.
A man who possesses a veneration of life will not simply say his prayers. He will throw himself into the battle to preserve life, if ...
Here everything is so wholly what I consider beautiful. In other words, there is peace here.
After more than two decades here, I know that kindness is not a value that's encouraged. It's often seen as a weakness. Instead, the culture ...
La' , tout n'est qu'ordre et beaute , Luxe, calme et volupte . There where all is order and beauty. Lush, calm and voluptuous.
89 Forever, O LORD, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Entrepreneurship without skills limits your growth potential.
I turned off my Google alerts in 2009 as I learnt that following yourself on the Internet very quickly becomes unhealthy.
We love books because they are the greatest escape. That is because our own minds eye is the purest form of virtual reality.
A religion is really a moral code that is expressed through legends, myths or any type of literary device in order to establish a system ...
To me, steampunk and urban fantasy are naturally hinged together. And I think that's because I love the early gothic Victorian literature, and both things ...
It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love ...
Man was not then considered a good goldsmith unless he could draw well.
The United States is the only civilized country in the world to class its teachers at the bottom of the social scale.
Maybe my viriety is due to bad absorption of vitamins.
It's very strange to be completely naked in public," said Jacob. "It isn't something Americans ordinarily do.""I can't say it's very English, either," replied Henry."It's ...
The game of football really is more cerebral than most people think. To be successful, it takes more than just strength and speed; it takes ...
That man is the most immortal who has done the most and the best praying. They are God heroes, God's saints, God's servants, God's vicegerents.
I believe that the responsibility of the winemaker is to take that fruit and get it into the bottle as the most natural and purest ...
All the pre-made sauces in a jar, and frozen and canned vegetables, processed meats, and cheeses which are loaded with artificial ingredients and sodium can ...
Lawyers can steal more money with a briefcase than a thousand men with guns and masks.-Don Vito Corleone
When I was a kid, my first dream was to play Test matches, and the second one was to play 100 Test matches because there ...
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 ...
Do you wish people to speak well of you?Then do not speak at all yourself.[Fr., Voulez-vous qu'on croie du bien de vous?N'en dites point.]
The vastest knowledge of today cannot transcend the buddhi of the Rishis in ancient India; and science in its most advanced stage now is closer ...
Lois and Alexander are by far the most beautiful creatures in the class; their beauty is like the beauty of plants, seemingly untroubled by vanity, ...
It doesn't help anybody to put out a bad script.
Weak emperors mean strong viceroys.
I don't want to be alone, I whispered. The second those words left my mouth, Vivvie flew across the room. She hugged me like hugging ...
Clarity clattered into my thoughts and brought about a satori, an enlightenment, if you will.
To all my fans, thank you for your time and your love and your positive energy. It lifts my spirit and it means the world ...
Vegtables, what food eats before it becomes food.
True faith does not so much attempt to manipulate God to do our will as it does to position us to do his will.
Sir Alex, one of the best managers of all time. After 26 years of success in the game, we all owe him a tribute.
I love long flights. The feeling of being completely unreachable is something I savor, and the limbolike state of being, having departed but not arrived, ...
What, she's taken the hairs off her honeypot?" he said, horrified into uncharacteristic vulgarity.
What I think museums do very well is that they say to a public, "We have some stuff that's worth looking at."
If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to ...
By failing to value your time, you are devaluing your life.
How can one talk in a classical language about a child who's torn apart in an explosion in the market near his school? People in ...
M'Lord, I know from history that once upon a time in a much earlier Church, a vocation to the priesthood meant a call from the ...
Be kind to people and don't judge, for you do not know what demons they carry and what battles they are fighting.