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		In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us - that we be men and women of prayer, people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough. That is the root of peace. We have that peace when the gracious God is all we seek. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Brennan Manning 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When you face a 'performance' that might provoke the 'I'm scared' response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It's more fun than 'Dancing with the Stars!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wayne Dyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel like comedy had a boys'-club label when we were starting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abbi Jacobson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're a size 2 or a 22, just be who you are. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Queen Latifah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				W. Clement Stone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Because of the influence of the cinema, most reports or stories of violence are so pictorial that they lack content or meaning. The camera brings them to our eyes, but does not settle them in our minds, nor in time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				V. S. Pritchett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some people say accident, it may be an accident, it may be something else. The (helicopter) was very well equipped, this was my (helicopter) the one I am flying all the time, I am not ruling anything out. Either the pilot panicked... either there was some side wind or the instruments failed or there was an external factor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yoweri Museveni 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		He would not journey without a foot. He would not breed nuts without trees, Like seeking for ants in the heath. Like an instrument of foolish spoil, Like the retinue of an army without a head, Like feeding the unsheltered on lichen. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taliesin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The world is supposed to be full of possibilities, but they narrow down to pretty few in most personal experience. There's lots of good fish in the sea ... maybe ... but the vast masses seem to be mackerel or herring, and if you're not mackerel or herring yourself you are likely to find very few good fish in the sea. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				D. H. Lawrence 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But my lord, Yvonne, surely you know by this time I can’t get drunk however much I drink. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Malcolm Lowry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And learn the luxury of doing good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oliver Goldsmith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Wie die Senatoren der Römer sind die wahren Künstler ein Volk von Königen. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Benoit Mandelbrot 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Forgive your enemies, but first get even. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lester Cole 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Abraham Lincoln his hand and pen he will be good but god knows When 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abraham Lincoln 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the awful things about writing when you are a Christian is that for you the ultimate reality is the Incarnation, the present reality is the Incarnation, and nobody believes in the Incarnation; that is, nobody in your audience. My audience are the people who think God is dead. At least these are the people I am conscious of writing for. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Flannery 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have a profound resistance to the idea that a reader could say, 'Oh, well, that's her story.' We should all be interested, no matter where we come from, or who our parents are. It's not my province; it's ours. These questions concern us all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Anne Michaels 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us - that we be men and women of prayer, people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough. That is the root of peace. We have that peace when the gracious God is all we seek. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Brennan Manning