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A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.
That wasn't me. I'm not a morning person. There's another person inside of me that does all the morning things.
I'm sure it's why I'm such an odd duck in my feminist generation, because I've always been equally fair to men.
I'm not a parenting expert by any means, but I've been interviewing and writing about kids for almost 20 years.
Take what comes and live life without complaint. What will be, will be. Life is a woman's gift; death is God's.
I grew up an Orthodox Jew, and now I'm not an Orthodox Jew. So I have sympathy for people who lose their faith.
The species will continue, whatever apocalypse we manage to unleash. It just won't be much fun to live through.
It's really, really hard to get in rooms with people you don't usually work with and try to find common ground.
Desire is making people build ships and cities, has made men conquer nations... and it can defeat that nicotine
There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION!
You will attract to yourself people who harmonize with your own philosophy of life, whether you wish it or not.
It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.
The primary reason for failure is that people do not develop new plans to replace those plans that didn't work.
Every company has room for the man who has a definite plan of action which is to the advantage of that company.
When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.
The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.
People would cheer throw confetti and then go about breaking the resolutions they had made only moments before.
See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places.
A life lived of choice is a life of conscious action. A life lived of chance is a life of unconscious creation.
Go into the heart of love, and come from that place in all your choices and decisions, and you will find peace.
Find the courage and the strength to turn inward and to ask a simple, soaring question. What would LOVE do NOW?
...so many great truths must be very gently introduced, with voices soft and the truths themselves understated.
To live your life without expectation-without the need for specific results-that is freedom. That is Godliness.
Nothing has done more to separate and divide human beings one from another than exclusivist organized religion.
I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination.
The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.
It does not matter where you come from, if you walk toward the truth you will reach it, whatever path you take.
If you have something specific and visible to fear, rather than something that could be anything, it is easier.
I want to write a play. I'd like to do an original musical. I should probably put together a poetry collection.
He had gone beyond the world of metaphor and simile into the place of things that are, and it was changing him.
Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but don't rise to the level of nuclear.
Kids and cameras are a big things with me. Find a kid who digs cameras and share one simple photo tip with her.
All financial success comes from acting on a plan. A lot of financial failure comes from reacting to the market
The moment had passed, the door between the lives we could have led and the lives we led had shut in our faces.
Romance goes like this: Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl again. The end. It can't be any other way.
Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.
I'm a barrel of monkeys, kid, though mostly I figure monkeys stuck in a barrel are just going to be pissed off.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Avoid arguments, but whenever a negative attitude is expressed, counter with a positive and optimistic opinion.
Happiness will never come if it's a goal in itself; happiness is a by-product of a commitment of worthy causes.
All my books reflect travel adventures of some kind, and all have a soul: a spiritual or mystical underpinning.
Well, it's not my fault that you can't manage your money.' You threw away my purse.' I thought it was an enemy.
Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.
Man's command of the language is most important. Next to kissing, it's the most exciting form of communication.
Absorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.
Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell who may be taking your measure for a higher place.
Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part.
The only place where compensation comes before service is in the dictionary or anywhere the government meddles.
God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient.
There's you. There's me. We love each other, and we have since we were kids, so we should be together. The end.