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I maintain that any writer of a book is fully authorised in attaching any meaning he likes to a word or phrase he intends to use. If I find an author saying, at the beginning of his book, "Let it be understood that by the word 'black' I shall always mean 'white,' and by the word 'white' I shall always mean 'black,'" I meekly accept his ruling, however injudicious I think it. — Lewis Carroll

Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life. — Martin Scorsese

Remember for whom you work: whether you work for a private company, a large corporation, or yourself, true disciples understand that he or she ultimately is working for God. 'Whatever your task, put yourselves into it, as done for the Lord and not for your masters , since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward ; you serve the Lord Christ '" Col. 3:23-24 — Norman Shawchuck

Getting married and really digging in with another human being can point out your greatest strengths and your greatest weaknesses. — Mat Kearney

Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves. — John Flavel

A barn owl was perched atop the refrigerator. — Elizabeth Bear

I know I should look away, I should walk out and quietly close the door behind me, but I can't. Has there ever been a more magnificent sight than a man pleasuring himself? — Carmen Jenner

The reality of spirit-matter is inevitably translated into and confirmed by a structure of the spirit. — Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children. — Sting

We saw a blatant example of this abuse in mid-2014 when a study published by researchers at Facebook and Cornell University revealed that social networks can manipulate the emotions of their users simply by algorithmically altering what they see in the news feed. In a study published by the National Academy of Sciences, Facebook changed the update feeds of 700,000 of its users to show them either more sad or more happy news. The result? Users seeing more negative news felt worse and posted more negative things, the converse being true for those seeing the more happy news. The study's conclusion: "Emotional states can be transferred to others via emotional contagion, leading people to experience the same emotions without their awareness. — Marc Goodman

Ed, knows power corrupts, they'll have experienced that first-hand. They'll see how I'd be tempted to use my own power for personal reasons. They may not approve of that, but they'll buy — Margaret Atwood

We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration. — Burt Rutan

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection — John Powell

And we're just chatting and then I'm in the middle of a sentence about analogies or something and like a hawk he reaches down and he honks my boob. HONK. A much-too-firm, two- to three-second HONK. And the first thing I thought was Okay, how do I extricate this claw from my boob before it leaves permanent marks? and the second thing I thought was God, I can't wait to tell Takumi and the Colonel. — John Green

With the strong women I write about, I want to create a sense of strong possibilities. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni