The only difference was one of them was trying to make a perfect cake and one of them was trying to write… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
I believe that it may happen that one will succeed, and one must not begin to despair, even though defeated here and… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
When calling for authenticity, we need to take seriously the brokenness and sinfulness of the human heart. If to be authentic means… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spiritually, no action is more important than surrender. Surrender is the tenderest impulse of the heart, acting out of love to give… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“He had just reached the time of life at which 'young' is ceasing to be the prefix of 'man' in speaking of… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
One thing I try to do with my work is to show that people who have extreme fetishes or who exist outside… — Bruce LaBruce Copy Share Image
I have some irrepressible pop impulses to write an appealing, concise song. And I also have some irrepressible kind of restlessness as… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
And I guess that in some way I'm falling for you because you are who you are. It's easy to sleep with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I felt a lot of ambivalence about going back to graduate school for a second MFA. The impulse was really the opposite… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
Through compassion it is possible to recognize that the craving for love that people feel resides also in our own hearts, that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as being alone in the universe, and so there's no such thing as creating alone. Everything - every… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
I usually cast myself in things because acting is how I best relate to artistic impulses. It's what I've wanted to do… — Amber Sealey Copy Share Image
Valentino Garavani is never really shown himself as anything other than this gracious diplomat of the dolce vita. That's his preferred look.… — Matt Tyrnauer Copy Share Image
My idealism is clearly one reason I'm an artist. I see art as one of mankind's more sublime acts, as a vital… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
All true obedience comes from the heart. It was heart work with Christ. And if we consent, He will so identify Himself… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Object in/ and space - the first impulse may be to give the object - a position - to place the object.… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
All real art is, in its true sense, religious; it is a religious impulse; there is no such thing as a non-religious… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of… — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse. — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is the giving and so the receiving of life. the latter may be an impulse of a moment of heat; whereas… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Just the fact that Hilary Clinton won the popular vote by such a large number gives some validation to the impulse to… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The pure, the beautiful, the bright, That stirred our hearts in youth, The impulse to a wordless prayer, The dreams of love… — Sarah Doudney Copy Share Image
In good novelistic fashion, the discovery I’ve made is that it’s complicated. I think that’s one of good things about exploring these… — Hari Kunzru Copy Share Image
