A poet not in love is out at sea; He must have a lay-figure.
A myth is something that never was but that is always happening.
We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released.
Change the story and you change perception; change perception and you change the world.
Now is the time when we must renew ourselves and live as if we and all of life is sacred, and as if everything we do makes a difference.
I often wonder if you wrote your memoir today, if your life story would be lived on the edge of possibility, if you held wonder in one hand and courage in the other and truly believed that anything was possible.
You are not a passive observer in the cosmos. The entire universe is expressing itself through you at this very moment.
Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
Now I'm 'Blake Lewis' to the world, but I will always still be Bshorty from Bothell. . . I've never looked at it like a competition so I think I've won regardless. I won when I got to the top ten; I've already reached my goal.
Taking a song and bringing it to life in a professional recording studio can be an intimidating process at first; I know it certainly was for me. So to be able to offer support and guidance to an emerging singer-songwriter is a huge honor. I look forward to playing a role in such an exciting time of someone's songwriting career.
Westerners respect privacy, and they are very competitive in terms of work and personalities. My teammates in China and I can talk about everything. But with my Houston Rockets teammates, even though we're friends, we cannot ask each other about everything.