One has to be willing to face the fact that what has transpired in Iraq is not exactly a very successful exercise.
Not many people can lay claim to having broken Time, and we did it purely by accident.
Like all the other arrivals to the tournament, Hank had erected a banner in front. It was a long, tapering pennant with a blue and red circular design in the center and the words GO CUBS! on both sides. Interesting," said Hugo. "What does it mean?" It was a gift from Sam," Hank explained as they entered the tent. "He said it used to represent Triumph over Adversity, but now better represents Impossible Quests and Lost Causes. " I think I preferred not knowing that," said Hugo. Hank grinned. "You're a Sox fan too, hey?
Jack," said Charles, "he's making up words again. " "Yes," Jack replied, "but he's getting better at it, don't you think?
You're a very odd man," said Bert. "I get that more often than you'd think," replied Charles.
Always, always ask for what you want. Because the Universe might surprise you — and give it to you.
Astraeus,' Aven called out. 'God of the four winds and friend to sailors. Say a little prayer when you look at him, so he will give us what we need to keep our course. ' A little prayer?' said Jack. 'To a constellation?' To what it represents,' said Aven. But I don't believe in what it represents,' said Jack. Prayers aren't for the deity,' said Aven. 'They're for you, to recommit yourself to what you believe. ' Can't you do that without praying to a dead Greek god?' Sure,' said Aven. 'But how often would anyone do that, if not in prayer?
If you want to gnaw greenery in the morning for health reasons, do it in your own home with the curtains drawn.
We can't have an idea of what life should look like, about how spirit should be manifesting as our very life, because all of those ideas would just be products of the past - something we learned, imagined, or desired. Once again, we find ourselves back in the unknown - not in the idea of the unknown, but in the lived reality of it. It's the mind humbled, on its knees, with bare feet and free of the known.
The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.
I think the hardest thing about the part is the responsibility that you feel playing something that is so real and resonant in our times. There are people coming home right now with those stories, and I'm just an actress pretending to be that person. You hope that you can shed some light on somebody's predicament.