In the piquancy of tranquil tears... a much needed attributefor purifying a fervent prayer…

Thus, I have found humbleness by the mere thoughts of having love beckon upon me, if so acquired through some thread of reality or that of the imaginative

Fact is not truth, but a poet who willfully defies fact cannot achieve truth.

It's okay not to be okay... Sometimes it's hard, to follow your heart but tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising, there's nothing wrong with who you are.

The White House belongs to all Americans. It's supposed to be something we're proud of.

Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fullness and completion?

I don't know if people understand that there are different ways to raise money for great causes.

I never drove a car. I'm hopeless that way. I press the wrong buttons on the tape recorder. But if the person I'm interviewing helps me out, that person feels needed. People need to feel needed.

Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste.

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date . . .

I like the fervor of religious music, the zealous aspect - that preachers can go from a conversational cadence into this passionate singing.