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We put so much pressure on ourselves as parents to be able to do everything, but children are very grateful and understanding.… — Liv Tyler Copy Share Image
And what made these heart-to-hearts possible--you might even say what made the whole friendship possible during that time--was this understanding we had… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding… — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
Look around you. The trees, flowers, birds, every animal and insect; every living thing. Its miraculous. And it is all going to… — Robert White Copy Share Image
Try to relax, and you will find out that you feel more tense than ever. Try harder and you will feel more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Experience has shown repeatedly that a mathematical theory with a rich internal structure generally turns out to have significant implications for the… — William Thurston Copy Share Image
I write a ridiculous number of drafts. The characters change and grow through the drafting, and my understanding of them deepens. Creating… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
There is nothing like understanding that your work has touched somebody. That is the sole purpose of acting. To be able to… — Scott Cohen Copy Share Image
If there was something that kind of molded me into who I am now, it would be my dad. Whether it be… — Shawn Porter Copy Share Image
For those who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, it is a call… — Ryan Zinke Copy Share Image
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Therefore it is the law of the mystics to see all things, to experience all things, either of heaven or earth, and… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
When was the last time the United States won a war? You know, it lost in Vietnam. It's lost in Afghanistan. It's… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. Love, and don't be caught in… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
It's so funny, you go to acting school thinking you're going to learn how to be other people, but really it taught… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I believe in those whom I love and trust. All else is foolishness. This god is as empty as his church. His… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
When I first met you, you reached out to shake my hand. When I got to know you you reached out to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Intelligent Design is a remarkably uncreative theory that abandons the search for understanding at the very point where it is most needed.… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
We live, understandably enough, with the sense of urgency; our clock, like Baudelaire's, has had the hands removed and bears the legend,… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
We must love because we are loved by God. We must be conscious of death if we are to have a proper… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I have sometimes questioned the advice and direction I received from my parents and grandparents, but I never questioned the fact that… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
In a free society with a government based on reason, it is inevitable that there will be no uniform opinion about important… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
And all of these writers offer me a greater understanding of what it is to be alive, and that is such an… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
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“The universe wraps everything up inside it, in the end,” Kaneta said. “Life, death, grief, anger, sorrow, joy. There was no boundary,… — Richard Lloyd Parry Copy Share Image
Commandments and covenants of God are like navigational instructions from celestial heights and will lead us safely to our eternal destination. It… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Transparency concerning the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy is desirable because better public understanding enhances the effectiveness of policy. More important,… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
James Baldwin had an unrivaled understanding of politics and history and, above all, the human condition. His prose is laser sharp. His… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
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It may seem daunting, but I am a prisoner of hope. We are more connected than ever before, we have more knowledge,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Reason and science allow us to properly think about the necessary data that are required in order to answer a given question.… — Gad Saad Copy Share Image
On the whole, we're a murderous race. According to Genesis, it took as few as four people to make the planet too… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Although scientific revolutions in how we see the world do occur, the bulk of our scientific understanding comes from the cumulative impact… — Michael E. Mann Copy Share Image
Alchemy and Kabbalah are later developments in my thinking. I think the primary interest has been the relationship of magic and mystery… — Fred Alan Wolf Copy Share Image
Meditation is an insight that all goals are false. Meditation is an understanding that desires don't lead anywhere. Seeing that... And this… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
We all have families who are longing for peace in the world and an end to the suffering caused by poverty, disease,… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
The karate that has been introduced to Tokyo is actually just a part of the whole. The fact that those who have… — Kenwa Mabuni Copy Share Image
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