Normandi Ellis Quotes
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
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It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.
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In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.
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To measure the man, measure his heart.
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As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close to my heart the principled stand of his cousin, Cassius Clay, who refused to forsake the life of any human, simply to find agreement.
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The human brain works as a binary computer and can only analyze the exact information-based zeros and ones (or black and white). Our heart is more like a chemical computer that uses fuzzy logic to analyze information that can't be easily defined in zeros and ones.
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The laughter cameWhen the tears stopped falling.Now all I do is just call your name(When I say lover)You walked in and my heart discoveredThat my life would never be the same.Oh, you are my destiny.You are my one and only.You gave that joy to meWhen my whole life was lonely.
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Everybody's at war with different things… I'm at war with my own heart sometimes.
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Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?
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'Lean on Pete' is the story of a boy and his horse, but it is never heart-warming - it ranges in tone from desperate to merely painful - and, while fascinating, it is never entertaining or redemptive. But if you want an unadorned portrait of American life (at least in some places) at the beginning of the 21st century, this is the book for you.
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One of the wonderful things about 'Power' and why fans often say it makes their heart race is it's set up like a horror film because the audience is, like, four or five steps ahead of the characters.
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The most enduring battle is between head and heart; what would be efficient and logical is nearly always trumped by what is messy and illogical.
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Home is where the heart is.
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'The Practical Heart' was published one week before the World Trade towers collapsed. Book reviewing and all else in our culture stopped dead-still for half a year. I went on the book tour anyway. But I felt like the apostle Paul going unto the catacombs where scared believers hid and prayed.
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I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.
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If you can take a piece of life and put it in a song, it's going to be a good song - especially if it's from the heart.
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The truth is, even those who think Dreams only happen to someone else carry a Dream hidden deep in their heart, just hoping it can come true.
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I knew in my heart that I wasn't cool, but I figured I could at least be cool by association.
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A new challenge keeps the brain kicking and the heart ticking.
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It changes you a little bit every time you either break someone's heart or get your heart broken.
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Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
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I'm in a position of feeling secure enough so that I can say what I think is right and if so many people think it's wrong that I get fired, well, I've got enough to eat.
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Name yourself in your heart and know who you are.
