I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me. . . I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely. . . I could have used a bit more solitude.
So remember these two things: you are talented and you are original. Be sure of that. I say this because self-trust is one of the very most important things in writing.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that you two make me believe that true love really exists. And that even the darkest hours can't take that away.
The only thing that dictates whether I respond to someone is whether I have something interesting to say in return. I respond to people I don't know at all, when their tweet hauls a nice fresh bucket of water up out of me, but if it comes up empty then I just stay quiet.
In short: if one has nothing of value to say, only that which is impure defilement, avoid them. They are masters of the dark. Of no use.
I wouldn't say that cutting was pleasurable, but there is a sense of euphoria that follows cutting yourself. The quick pinch of pain and the sight of blood snaps you back to the surface and you start to appreciate being alive.
Yes, Doctor. I'll do what you say. I'll do what you all say.
Jesus clearly viewed children as precious - and that if he loved kids enough to say that adults should be more like them, we should spend more time loving them too.
When you're underperforming the index, you go home at night and cry in your beer," he said, adding: "It's not fun, but who said this business should be fun. We're too well paid to hang our heads and say boo hoo.
I don't advise any one to take it [painting] up as a business proposition, unless they really have talent. . . But I will say that I have did remarkable for one of my years, and experience.
I try to be prepared for the moment, through understanding, and being warmed up, knowing all about chords and scales, so I don't even have to think and I can get right to what it is I want to say.
I worry that even well-intentioned attempts to "improve nature" (say by reducing suffering) will make things worse even in their own terms.
I can honestly say that I have never gone into any business purely to make money. If that is the sole motive then I believe you are better off not doing it. A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
I can’t really act the way I want to act, or say what I want to say all the time. And a lot of times, I cover that up with a smile.
The left’s idea of “science” is that we should all be riding bicycles and using the Clivus Multrum composting latrines instead of flush toilets. Anyone who dissents, they say — while adjusting their healing crystals for emphasis — is “afraid of science. ”
I say that habit's but a long practice, friend, and this becomes men's nature in the end.
I try to keep what I say. And I - I'm not deviated from this position at all.
Any pianist and singersongwriter would say "Carnegie Hall. " It's such a legendary place. I'd love to play at Carnegie Hall. That's definitely dream of mine.
Perhaps the difference between a professor and a bus driver is that the professor can say stupid things with complete authority while the bus driver is not authorized to make brilliant insights.
So much of my career has been about saying things the way people say them, using melodies not that I can sing but that the people can sing.