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The nice thing with Shakespeare from a modern point of view is that a lot of stuff that was tragic for him can read as comic for us.
I speak of knowledge, sir, which is not the bed-equal of learning ... I speak of what comes from learning. I speak of understanding.
Junk DNA - or, as scientists call it nowadays, noncoding DNA - remains a mystery: No one knows how much of it is essential for life.
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety.
As a madman is apt to think himself grown suddenly great, so he that grows suddenly great is apt to borrow a little from the madman.
Shakespeare never had six lines together without a fault. Perhaps you may find seven, but this does not refute my general assertion.
The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one or the other for weeks.
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.
Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.
There are, indeed, few kinds of composition from which an author, however learned or ingenious, can hope a long continuance of fame.
The seeds of Death are sown in us when we begin to live, and grow up till, like rampant weeds, they choak the tender flower of life.
I decided that instead of making jokes about politics, I need to take part in it, and therefore, I can't make jokes and participate.
People know when you're speaking from el corazón. You have that pain. Take that pain and do something with it. That's very powerful.
I do travel a lot, because I need oxygen, I need to go to places to meet people who aren't upset at me because I'm asking for peace.
I was so happy when I went to Rome and I saw that the Romans eat them too, the squash blossoms. [...] No wonder I like the Italians!
Why don't we have people like Thich Nhat Hanh or Marshall Rosenberg and Nelson Mandela solving violent situations in a peaceful way?
In the end, the real wisdom of menopause may be in questioning how fun or even sane this chore wheel called modern life actually is.
I'm still going to love you, always. And in the rock-paper-scissors of life, love is rock. fear, anger, everthing else...no contest.
I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.
Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.
All those clean, fresh starts had made me forget what it was like, until now, to be messy and honest and out of control. To be real.
It was becoming clear to me that I shouldn't bother to get too attached to anything. Turn your back and you lose it. Just like that.
Now, see," Wes said, nodding at my plate, "this is going to blow your mind." I looked at him. "It's a waffle, not the second coming.
I'd been through so much, falling short again and again, and only recently had found a place where who I was, right now, was enough.
Something had changed in me, even if I didn't know what it was just yet. All I could think was that I felt alive for the first time.
Then I'd crawl back into bed, smelling her all around me, and tell myself that next time, I would lock that window. But I never did.
But as was so often the case, it was the one person missing who you thought about more than the ones who were right in front of you.
Maybe it was just part of growing up with someone. Once you have a rhythm and stay with it long enough, it's not hard to find again.
Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.
The thing about love was that it caught you unawares, turned up in the most unexpected places, even when you weren't looking for it.
Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.
The only way to write Batman, if you get the chance - and I hope everyone out there gets the chance - is to imagine you made him up.
Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city." "There are no limits in war," Volger said, still staring out the window.
I’m turning into an old woman. Might as well start knitting and bitching about soap operas, gas prices, and rude drivers.” – Sundown
Anything you need, you tell him and he'll get it for you. If he offends you in any way, let me know and I'll kill him when I get up.
I’ll wait out here until the two of you are finished. Just call out if you need anything. Like a priest, cop, or lion tamer. (Aimee)
We come from a long line of people who live to read boring texts – I think it may be why we all die young. Complete boredom. (Geary)
Here you’re just a person…one with a life force that can feed us all. (Misery) Baby, I’m not worth the indigestion. Trust me. (Fang)
We all make mistakes, Steele. It’s what we do afterward that defines us more than the actual incident that led to the mistake. (Joe)
You don’t like people who have money, do you? (Astrid) I’m not prejudiced against anyone, princess. I hate everyone equally. (Zarek)
New formalism is writing with language as flow, like the flow from a dam, running through a desert that has had no rain for decades.
She undressed slowly, dreamily, and when she was naked, she selected a bright red negligee to wear so that the blood would not show.
Should you ever feel too lonely...listen for the roar of the sea- for in it are all those who've been and all those who are to come.
When you give something up, you need to fill the space where it used to be, and you understand the landscape in yourself a bit more.
I would certainly like to see some young women take up psychoanalysis seriously and reconstruct it from an absolutely new viewpoint.
The torment that so many young women know, bound hand and foot by love and motherhood, without having forgotten their former dreams.
Choice springs from the totality of the person. Thus, to study, to analyze what a person is, does not eliminate the idea of freedom.
The idea of a socialism with a human face was something that I absolutely could support, because it was my idea from the very first.
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.