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I think in every lesson there's a blessing, and there's so many blessings from all the lessons I've had to go through in life.
What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.
I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.
You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You've got to be ready to walk through them.
You have setbacks in your life, and adversity. You can be discouraged about it or have courage to get through it and be better.
The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.
I see my work behind the camera as the actualization of a poem. I like to linger on images, conveying things through stillness.
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you coming through some door.
Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.
A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others.
They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. It's the same way with women... or at least the ones I want to be with.
The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here.
If you stay true to yourself and true to your vision and your own values, you can power through and make an impact on modern life.
Intuition is the very force or activity of the soul in its experience through whatever has been the experience of the soul itself.
I have a profound interest in embroidery, as I have female ancestors on both sides who embroidered their way through great trials.
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.
It was definitely some tough moments throughout my life, but I kind of stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel.
Language is a window into human nature, but it is also a fistula, an open wound through which we're exposed to an infectious world.
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.
What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
When an underdog wins, they win for everybody, because somebody gotta come through that door and break it open and make it possible.
I think that I am a walking testimony to you can have scars. You can go through turbulent times and still have victory in your life.
The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.
Every kid goes through puberty, wondering what to do about girls and struggling with homework, and every adult has been through that.
No one goes unscathed, we all go through things. We just can't let people's nasty words become our beliefs about ourselves, you know?
Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.
A kid in Minecraft can build a world and inhabit it through play. We have the possibility to build the world that we want to inhabit.
When you can stand over the clouds and watch them roll through the mountains below you, it shifts absolutely everything in your brain.
The greatest tragedy for any human being is going through their entire lives believing the only perspective that matters is their own.
Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.
You never know what a person is going through, regardless of how much money they make or however great a life you think they're living.
Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.
Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.
Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.
Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.
I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.
Doubts raced through my mind as I considered the feasibility of enforcing a law which the majority of honest citizens didn't seem to want.
I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.
You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.
The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues.
Many people don't focus enough on execution. If you make a commitment to get something done, you need to follow through on that commitment.
I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures. And God speaks through the Bible.
The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative.
Four directors through their own interpretation created four different characters. And I had to play them in a fairly short period of time.
But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
My inner strength comes from my friends. I have a very close group of friends and family, and we all help each other through our dark times.