“The greatest gift a church can receive is to have a group of families who take their responsibilities with such Christian seriousness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Take a step back. Draw in a deep breath. Now ask yourself 'so what?' Then, after answering, ask yourself again 'so what?'… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Before we go, I gotta know: If mind-reading abilities are real, there's something else I wondered if fiction got right about vampires-"… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
Hours slide by like minutes. The accumulated clutter of day-to-day existence — the lapses of conscience, the unpaid bills, the bungled opportunities,… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Sure, I like to win when I play basketball or board games or video games, but my day isn't ruined if I… — Aaron Staton Copy Share Image
The way you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
Nourished people, people who love and care for themselves, are also more efficient and nicer to be around. When you give yourself… — Kathy Freston Copy Share Image
Beneath the surface of repartee and mock seriousness, [Plato's Phaedrus] is asking whether we ought to prefer a neuter form of speech… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
In the past week it has become clear that the vote on the final healthcare bill will be very close. I take… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
Play not only keeps us young but also maintains our perspective about the relative seriousness of things. Running is play, for even… — Jim Fixx Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump should be delegitimized for many reasons. And his response to this hacking is also cause for delegitimization. But… — David Corn Copy Share Image
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him; let us worship God through Jesus if we must -… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
Humour and high seriousness... Perfect bedfellows, I think. Though I usually phrase it in terms of comedy and darkness. Comedy without darkness… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a… — George Will Copy Share Image
Our Jewishness is not a creed, it is ourself, our totality. Indeed, it may be fairly said that the surest evidence of… — Maurice Samuel Copy Share Image
I studied Hitchcock and Josef von Sternberg under Richard Dillard at Hollins, and that year under his tutelage just completely rewired my… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
Never misunderstand seriousness for sincerity. Sincerity is very playful, never serious. It is true, authentic, but never serious. Sincerity does not have… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I am not strictly speaking mad, for my mind is absolutely normal in the intervals, and even more so than before. But… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Give up the awful disease that is creeping into our national blood, that idea of ridiculing everything, that loss of seriousness. Give… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
For such is the fate of parody: it must never fear exaggerating. If it strikes home, it will only prefigure something that… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The chasm between the beauty and seriousness of the work, and what it has become, has overwhelmed me. The commercialization has reduced… — Christopher Tolkien Copy Share Image
As an actor, you can really play the intensity and gravity and seriousness of the moment, and just rely on the circumstances… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
Our emphasis here is based not only on the growing seriousness of drug-related crimes, but also on the belief that relieving our… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The representatives of business interests are the men to start this enterprise among our people and bring them to a full realization… — John J. Pershing Copy Share Image
I've never been able to understand the seriousness of it all, the seriousness of pride. People talk, act, live as if they're… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I hate everything that does not relate to literature, conversations bore me (even when they relate to literature), to visit people bores… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
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