Work not of enthusiasm but of love, conscious of duty-which means self-denial.

He simply contemplated human realities from a divine perspective.

...great feeling of enthusiasm..this human component began to fade away, leaving only that supernatural enthusisam which must always be at the root of our perseverance.

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.(Jesus, in Mark 11:24)

life is other, always there, further off, beyond you andbeyond me, always on the horizon, life which unlives us and makes us strangers, that invents our face and wears it away

«Couldn't never be nothin' but a nig*er, if I was ever so good, » said Topsy. «If I could be skinned, and come white, I'd try then.»

I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.

I wanted to play music. I didn't think about where it would go or what it would do.

Breaking America's oil addiction would not lead to a future of sackcloth and ashes.

Why would you want to stay manager and be second-guessed by me when you can come up into the front-office and be one of the second-guessers?

I was happy because I was acting. Most of the time for nothing. But I was learning and to learn that you can learn opens up the world for you.

How I grew up, everybody was telling me, "You can't do this, you can't get tattoos, you've got to look a certain way." Now, I'm like, "Why?"

Everyone wants the two characters to be together, but then once they are, it's not that much fun.