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I knew I was doing something right because it was selling so I didn't want to interfere with it.
'Minecraft' is a game about creation, yes. But it is just as much a game about secret knowledge.
Design isn't just about making things beautiful; it's also about making things work beautifully.
Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.
You are the person who determines what you do. That's a big responsibility. Make the most of it.
You have the power to change your thoughts and your thoughts have the power to change your life.
A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.
If we're being unilateral, then communication does not happen, the relationship does not happen.
I still say the Lord's Prayer every day. It covers a lot of ground in our relation to the world.
I have an excellent memory - for books and authors, that is. I remember all the books I've read.
Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be.
I can promise that even having an imperfect one who loves you is better than having none at all.
Feet were made, not given for dancing, but to walk modestly, not to leap impudently like camels.
I would rather live in McCain's world than Obama's. But I believe that we live in Obama's world.
I now consider myself quite religious and spiritual although that sounds like a terrible cliche.
The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.
You don't go through a deep personal transformation without some kind of dark night of the soul.
What happens if I try to build a life dedicated to avoiding all danger and all unnecessary risk?
Integrity... does not mean sinless, but it does describe a person who by God's grace "sin less."
We pay Karma not only for the evil we do but also for the good left undone, being able to do it.
Since God himself cannot change the past, He is obliged to tolerate the existence of historians.
How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?
... engineering is a basic instinct in man, the expression of which is existentially fulfilling.
Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep.
I love being the bad guy, simply because I was always so responsible, so predictable growing up.
I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets.
The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.
Those who decided to stick with her would be her true friends. The others would just be scenery.
... And God, who studies each separate soul, out of commonplace lives makes his beautiful whole.
I never met Colleen McCullough; if I had, I probably would have cried and made a fool of myself.
After five years of marriage, she is still the most beautiful and attractive woman in the world.
Faith is not by wishful thinking, it is what takes root in the heart and shows in one's actions.
There is so much one would rather not believe until one has seen for oneself whether it is true.
A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.
Little changes cost you. Big changes benefit you by changing the game, but only if you go first.
You don't have enough time to be both unhappy & mediocre. It's not just pointless; it's painful.
Living and breathing an authentic story is the best way to survive in a conversation-rich world.
Real content marketing isn’t repurposed advertising, it is making something worth talking about.
The union of feminine and masculine energies within the individual is the basis of all creation.
We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus.
I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.
To look in the mirror and like what you see, even when it doesn't look like your idea of beauty.
Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.
You can't make anyone love you. You just have to reveal who you are and take your chances. (105)
Sometimes life seems like a poorly designed cage within which man has been sentenced to be free.
Safe is good for sidewalks and swimming pools, but life requires risk if we are to get anywhere.
We should all have an opportunity to feel a part of something not just have a part in something.
Good marketing speaks to human beings - the way human beings understand and take in information.
Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves.
Courage isn't inside; it's external. It comes from someone else telling you they believe in you.