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The smallest effort to remember the Divine, or even one of its timeless truths, connects you to a calmness whose power is in that secret strength found in all things deep.

Be still; quietly remember the presence of and within yourself, and you will know, without thinking, that while all around you everything changes, within you lives something unchanging.

I have always argued, in a good novel, interesting things happen to interesting people.

The bone-breaking thing is something that I put in many narratives.

One of the interesting and exciting things about my job is watching technological ground being pioneered.

You can't change someone. The best thing you can do for someone is to just accept them.

I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don't talk about work and money. They talk about interesting things at dinner parties.

I was having such a hard time when I made Sylvia. I gave everything I had for that role. It's one or two or three things I'm most proud of in terms of my work. But it was very dark.

I never yet heard of a useless thing that was not ground out of existence by evolution sooner or later. Did you? And pain gets needless.

How to Drink Like a Gentleman: The Things to Do and the Things Not To, as Learned in 30 Years' Extensive Research.

I'm looking for one of two things and sometimes they dovetail: I'm looking to go into a theatre and see a certain kind of show. And if it's not there, I'd like to do it myself so it would be there.

When I was a little kid, I loved imagining things. I'd go outside and put on a cape and just imagine I was somebody else.

Strange are the ways of history, where no single thing abides, but all things flow into each other, fragment to fragment clinging.

It is the large aggregate of small things perpetually occurring that robs me of all my time. The expense of learning to read might have been spared in my education, for I never read.

Every burn on my body has had its own different personality. And all of them needed different things.

The thing I love about sketch is sometimes it leads you as opposed to you leading it.

One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.

I like the simple things. I don't know why. I'm that way. I came from a simple place.

We like to make sure there is a plot at the center of it and that you care about the people but to poke fun of little things, like the toast restaurant in the pilot.

The only new thing is history we don't know.

Love and used Subarus were two different things. Weren't they?

Time is too conceptual. Not that it stops us from filling it in. So much so, we can't even tell whether our experiences belong to time or to the world of physical things.

You have to make an effort to always look at the good side, always think about the good things. Then you've got nothing to be afraid of. If something bad comes up, you do more thinking at that point.

Waiting for your answer is one of the most painful things I have ever been through. At least let me know whether or not I hurt you.

Everything. Things you lost. Things you’re gonna lose. Everything. Here’s where it all ties together.

The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.

Ego stops you from getting things done and getting people to work with you. That's why I firmly believe that ego and success are not compatible.

We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation.

The funny thing is that people see one film like 'Racing Stripes' or 'Ice Princess' and all of a sudden, slip me into this category of 'that's what she's always involved in.

I like to talk about things when it pertains to a band. I like to talk about things that matter and music.

When I was a kid - and I don't know why, it's the most random thing - I wanted to be a speech therapist for little kids. I knew I wanted to do something with kids.

There are certain sacred things in my life that I would never talk about. Because they are clear in my head, I can walk freely around the opposite side. I keep them completely separate in my mind.

I like to think about the quality, content, and concept for my music because I think these are the most important things and it just molds everything together.

I've won some pretty cool things in my life and I have a lot of great titles.

There are few more frustrating things in life than being told something that you already know but cannot admit to knowing.

With so many dark things to worry about in the world right now, I hope people will just go with the fun and enjoy [ Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries].

Liberals and conservatives are looking for entirely different things. Their attitudes toward romance and how they court are really dramatically different. There's almost no overlap.

You know, when you've been dumped, the one thing you love to do is just forget about this human being, and then go on with your life - but no, you just love them harder.

The saddest thing in life is people with sight, but without vision.

I wonder if that isn't the most sinful thing of all -- thinking all the pleasant things are wicked.

It's not what you paint. It's how you paint it. You don't have to paint elaborate things. Paint simple things as beautifully as you can.

On corsets: I said, You have got to be kidding. I am an ape and yet I am still expected to squeeze myself into one of those damn things.

Everything changes radically from the moment you know yourself as being sent into this world.

The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.

I am working on three things: on being a prayerful person; on staying close to the handicapped; and on my writing. These are my constant concerns.

We have three things in common: Irish wives, the ability to speak for 17 minutes without a verb, and the fact that we both speak with an accent.

You can test what we have talked about today. Just try two things. Listen for the whisperings of the Spirit and then commit to obey. . . . God will take advantage of that if you let Him

It's difficult to judge other actors, because as an actor you're looking at different things than what an audience is looking at.

If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . . he will be surrounded by grandeur.

I have found all things thus far, persons and inanimate matter, elements and seasons, strangely adapted to my resources.