Few things a doctor does are more important than relieving pain. . . pain is soul destroying. No patient should have to… — Marcia Angell Copy Share Image
Music for a long time has been telling what the world is like. What music has to say now, in a manner… — Eli Siegel Copy Share Image
The freeway experience ... is the only secular communion Los Angeles has. Mere driving on the freeway is in no way the… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Every individual should have a purpose in life which is worthy of intense effort-and constantly work toward the definite goal ahead. — Roderick E. Stevens Copy Share Image
I think most serious and omnivorous readers are alike- intense in their dedication to the word, quiet-minded, but relieved and eagerly talkative… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Harry's status as orphan gives him a freedom other children can only dream about (guiltily, of course). No child wants to lose… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The story of scientific discovery has its own epic unity-a unity of purpose and endeavour-the single torch passing from hand to hand… — Alfred Noyes Copy Share Image
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate.… — Florida Scott-Maxwell Copy Share Image
It’s not easy to find old-school journalism in true crime … yet with Lethal Intent, author Sue Russell proves how integrity, tenacity,… — M. William Phelps Copy Share Image
To me sympathy for a character has little to do with how morally upstanding or wicked they are. All that really matters… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
Motherhood, in the sense of an intense, reciprocal relationship with a particular child, or children, is one part of female process; it… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
I was in martial arts starting at the age of 14, and I got my black belt by the time I was… — Brad D. Smith Copy Share Image
Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage. — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
With acting, you might have a month of very intense work, but youve got a lot of downtime as well. — Elize du Toit Copy Share Image
Every age yearns for a more beautiful world. The deeper the desperation and the depression about the confusing present, the more intense… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
Let us not become so intense in our zeal to do good by winning arguments or by our pure intention in disputing… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
I don't care if Margot is a Dame of the British Empire or older than myself. For me she represents eternal youth;… — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Slowly, with a look of intense concentration, he got up and advanced on me ... put out a front paw, and stroked… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an intense, incessant, implacable doubt. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
I wanted to be in the FBI. I also wanted to be a pie salesman. It was so intense that the studio… — Shirley Temple Copy Share Image
I see writing and acting as different parts of the same continuum. Writing is better for intense emotion. If you're very angry… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
The devil makes many disciples by preaching against sin. He convinces them that the great evil of sin, induces a crisis of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Wars are times of intense technological transformation, because societies invest - sometimes with extensive borrowing - when and where matters of life… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope...… — Hal Sparks Copy Share Image
