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For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. She is rather like a cat whose kittens have grown up.
I wrote 'Time Stops at Shamli' in 1956, shortly after 'The Room on the Roof' was published, and I couldn't find anyone to publish it.
I enjoy writing personal essays in the way of Charles Lamb because it goes back to the school days when I was good in writing essays.
When some women literally throw themselves at you, it's easy to get confused and think that every woman is eager for your attentions.
I was 50 when I had my first show, so I was never on television with a short skirt or decollete; I never tried to look or be younger.
The men who seem to know most of God's power have had great, unspeakable longings, at times, for a fresh consciousness of that power.
When the Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels, who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the altar.
It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill them.
What are the chances that we will one day discover that DNA has absolutely nothing to do with inheritance? They are effectively zero.
The point is that most of what we currently hold sacred is not sacred for any reason other than that it was thought sacred yesterday.
I try to steer away from high metaphysical belief because I think we humans do best when we realize that we don't know all that much.
Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.
If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
It is certain that this is not only good which the Almighty has done, but that it is best; He hath reckoned all your steps to heaven.
It's not fun to keep secrets, but sometimes you have to do it to protect yourself. And to protect people around you. - Meredith, p112
After you finish a book, the story still goes on in your mind. You can never change the beginning. But you can always change the end.
When people believe you have something to give, something no one else has, they'll go to great lengths and pay a lot of money for it.
But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat it anyway.
On the wings of fancy, gentle readers, bear yourselves into the mid-air, where by imagination you may form a large stupendous castle.
What a benediction is this fragrance of the early morning! The vernal grass fills the whole atmosphere as with a shower of sweetness.
I still believe in public radio's potential. Because it's the one mass medium that's still crafted almost entirely by true believers.
The comics I've talked to have varied styles as stand-ups, but the throughline is that it's the most intense thing they've ever done.
The attacks of 9/11 came out of Afghanistan. It was a failed state, a rogue nation. That's why al Qaeda was there in the first place.
For, so long as there are interesting books to read, it seems to me that neither I nor anyone else, for that matter, need be unhappy.
Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.
The problem with working with a coach isn't that we don't know what to do. The real problem is that we don't want to change our mind.
Nobody says, 'Yeah, I'd like to set myself up for some serious criticism!' And yet, the only way to be remarkable is to do just that.
If you can influence the outcome, do the work. If you can't influence the outcome, ignore the possibility. It's merely a distraction.
Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot even see
Most investors are primarily oriented toward return, how much they can make and pay little attention to risk, how much they can lose.
Some people are born with the first word of a language resting on their tongue though it may take some time before they can taste it.
Meditation clarifies our minds and opens our hearts, and brings us to unusual depth and stability of happiness, whatever life brings.
To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through lovingkindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.
If you want to enter into a state of pure connection with your child, you can achieve this by setting aside any sense of superiority.
I grew up black in segregated America, where it was hard to find an open door. It's harder now for young blacks to find a closed one.
I've got this thing for spicy stuff. Now, if you give me hot chocolate with chili pepper, a book and a bubble bath, I'm a happy girl.
Thus her whole identity hangs in the balance of her love life. She is allowed to love herself only if a man finds her worthy of love.
Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.
We should invest in people not ideas. A good idea is often destroyed by bad people and good people can always make a bad idea better.
Spending time with the military certainly lends itself to some remarkable experiences, and I've been privileged to have had my share.
Isn't that why we're put on this earth to begin with, to make it a better place? It's not a religious quest; it's a humanitarian one.
I saw you happy. Happier than you've been in a long time. With someone you like that much, the lows are as low as the highs are high.
From the look of us, you'd never know we slept in the same bed last night and made out like the world was going to end if we stopped.
The truth is, some relationships are supposed to last forever, and some are only supposed to last a few days. That’s the way life is.
This world of ours has everything except one thing: peace. Everybody wants and needs peace, whether he be a child or an octogenarian.
Just because one brother is good and one brother is bad in the same family, we cannot say that the rest of the family is bad or good.
Business schools need to address students on a human being level, not as cogs in the machine to supply fresh talent to big companies.
I think with every book you realize you are partway through and there is something really elementary that you should have researched.
Well, we're all a little hostile every now and then, some of us are able to sublimate, others of us can't adjust. You know how it is.
Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic".