Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort.

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place.

Chuck Close

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

Martin Luther King Jr.

I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet.

Yiddish Proverb

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.

Oscar Wilde

America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.

George W. Bush

I have tried - not always successfully - to remember this lesson: Even people I dislike have a piece of God. My task is to move the junk out of the way so that I can find it.

Robert P. O'Brien

Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.

Douglas Horton

It's funny, but you get to a time in your life when you think you have all the friends you will ever have.

Liam Neeson

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.

Carter Burwell

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.

William Hague

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Alex Haley