War Of The Worlds Musical Quotes & Sayings

He grabbed something off the floor and held it in front of his hips as he stood up. She drank in the sight of him: The tattooed slave bands around his wrists and neck, the plug in his left earlobe, his black eyes, his skull-trimmed hair. His body was as starkly lean as she remembered, all striated muscles and hard cut veins. And he threw off raw power like a scent. — J.R. Ward

When I taught the meditation on sound to the participants at my weekend workshop and had people open to the ringing of their cell phones, I was trying to introduce them to his method. By listening meditatively, we were changing the way we listen, pulling ourselves out of our usual orientation to the world based on our likes and dislikes. Rather than trying to figure out what was going on around us, resisting the unpleasant noises and gravitating toward the mellifluous ones, we were listening in a simpler and more open manner. We had to find and establish another point of reference to listen in this way, one that was outside the ego's usual territory of control. You might say we were simply listening, but it was actually more complex than that. While listening, we were also aware of ourselves listening, and at the same time we were conscious of what the listening evoked within. Unhooked from our usual preoccupations, we were listening from a neutral place. — Mark Epstein

We know that childhood and adolescence are the most crucial times for environmental stimuli to affect breast cancer risk, but changes made during adulthood and even after diagnosis still have the potential to create positive changes in the body. — Joel Fuhrman

The snapshots had become almost as dim as memories. — Aldous Huxley

The scoreboard is strategy focused, and the dashboard is operation oriented. — Pearl Zhu

I admire you your willingness to offer kindness almost indiscriminately. But unfortunately, it takes a lot more than kindness to survive in this world. I understood what she meant, but I also understood that Mom's philosophy was a powerful weapon. — Matthew Quick

Why try to be someone you're not? Life is hard enough without adding impersonation to the skills required. — Robert Breault

Instead of working hard to keep their share of a shrinking pie, or working even harder to make sure the industry stays as is, I think the most essential thing legacy book industry players can do is set up independent ventures with great people and little interference and work really hard to put themselves out of business by starting at the bottom, not by reinforcing the top. — Seth Godin

A president cannot meaningfully honor certain token artists while the people at large are so dishonored.' — Adrienne Rich

Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras, Plato, and Cicero, just to name a few, all lived in pagan societies. Some of the greatest political and military leaders of all time, such as Alexander the Great, Pericles of Athens, Hannibal of Carthage, and Julius Caesar of Rome, were all pagans, or else living in a pagan society. — Brendan Myers

Certainly there are people who like me, but then there are those who don't know me who gossip about me. You can't believe the things I've heard. — Carrie Fisher

Both noun (eusebia) and verb (sebizo) derive from the Greek root seb-, which refers to the awe that radiates from gods to humans and is given back as worship. Everything related to this root has fear in it. — Sophocles

All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow. — H.L. Mencken

The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet! — Robert Browning

Boys next door were supposed to be fresh-faced with fair skin,
butterscotch-blond hair they brushed out of clear blue eyes, and a smattering of freckles. They were
also supposed to be friendly. We'd moved in a week ago and this kid had avoided us like we were a
family of spitting cobras on crack. — A&E Kirk