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No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate, and love is now.
The surest thing in the world is not death and taxes, it's death and eternity. Yet, we're so unconcerned.
If you are not using your smile, you're like someone with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook.
A city where the Capitol Dome, perforated like a kitchen colander, is the symbol of how secrets are kept.
Forgiving is, first of all, a way of helping yourself to get free of the unfair pain somebody caused you.
No revolution creates a wholly new universe. Rather, it reflects the history and culture that spawned it.
It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.
You have to want to write and like to write. Sit down at that desk or machine or laptop and tell stories.
A basic rule of baking is that, in general, it's almost impossible to make an inedible batch of brownies.
I knew I wasn't the sort of person who could do a full-time job and write in the evening and at weekends.
When I was a little girl, I was a real, drippy bookworm. But when I went into fashion, I stopped reading.
Why is life so difficult for some people and not for others? Why do some people have to struggle so much?
It was unfair that people who longed for love the most, searched the hardest for it, found it so elusive.
Sometimes the closest-held secrets in the world can be pried out by the right question at the right time.
Likewise, I would never be so rude as to not interrupt a friend. How else would she know I was listening?
Everybody hates lawyers, but they don't realize judges are just lawyers with a promotion. Think about it.
It's never too late to fix things with people you love, Massie. Kendra said. That's true. William agreed.
The tail of Emily Windsnap"everyone has a secret . mines alittle different. i figured out i am a mermaid.
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?
Your Reverence, I do not hate any man in this world enough to inflict the results of my prayers upon him.
I'd been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta.
Beware of those who would use violence, too often it is violence they want and neither truth nor freedom.
There's no such thing as good weather, or bad weather. There's just weather and your attitude towards it.
Remember: you are the only person who thinks in your mind! You are the power and authority in your world.
I have come to this planet to learn to love myself more, and to share that love with all those around me.
The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.
Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.
In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends.
You are the only person who loves me in the world," said Elizabeth. "When you talk to me I smell violets.
I know that sounds weird, but it's hard to be scared or even angry at a guy in Spider-Man pajamas,"- Greg
God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.
The best way that I can give my best advice is not to be encumbered with any job with any administration.
I like to be in locations that I kind of feel are very creative, that stimulate me in a creative process.
Americans just love convening. They are a convention-happy country and they love to get together to talk.
I write in the morning, I walk in the afternoon and I read in the evening. It's a very easy, lovely life.
The best luxury in the world isn't a diamond ring or a nice house - well, it could be - but it's privacy.
I'm better than I used to be. Better than I was yesterday. But hopefully not as good as I'll be tomorrow.
Do what you love. Do what makes your heart sing. And NEVER do it for the money, Go to work to spread joy.
People who hate often do so with great conviction. What we need are more people who love with conviction.
The word "politics" comes from the Greek politeia which had to do with the citizenry, not the government.
Anyone who isn't confused or conflicted on the topic of Israel probably isn't looking into it too deeply.
We experience God to the extent to which we love, forgive, and focus on the good in others and ourselves.
It is a dark, unspoken truth that the powerful - the 'ruling class' - make up the rules as they go along.
People who have discovered a purpose feel better, like themselves more, age more subtly, and live longer.
Many young men started down a false path to their true destiny. Time and fortune usually set them aright.
I was an adult before I began to learn that there is a difference between a conversation and an argument.
What wise God would consign a man to Hell for ignorance, instead of teaching him better in the afterlife?
History tells us what works in the gym, and everything else walks down the road with a carrot in its ass.
The key to finding your remarkability is to think about what makes you surprising, interesting, or novel.
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.