How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Every day is intense and alive, whether it's travel, work, even down time, which there is so little of.

Josh Lucas

We didn't start the fireIt was always burningSince the world's been turningWe didn't start the fireNo we didn't light itBut we tried to fight it

Billy Joel

It is easy to wish ill on others whom we feel deserve it, but remember that when you point a finger at another, three more are pointed back at you.

Stephen Richards

There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again.

Emmanuelle Beart

O rose, thou art sick! The invisible worm, That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.

William Blake

That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.

Mary Wesley

The difference between goals and mission is reflected in the difference between I want to get married and I want to have a successful marriage.

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I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word -- politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.

Emma Thompson

What I'm attempting to do is to show people that if I can spend some time with very dangerous spiders and snakes and scorpions, then maybe they'll feel different about the spiders and snakes they find around their areas. I don't need people to keep them as pets. I just like them to be respectful and see that everything in nature has its place.

Dominic Monaghan

The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's.

Jane Austen

Silence is never more golden than when you hold it long enough to get all the facts before you speak.

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