I watch a lot of TV, but I find that recently it's largely oddball stuff. . . Scripted stuff sometimes feels like homework, like I'm scoping out the competition or something.
Ever tell me of a humble heart where I see a stubborn knee.
As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.
Grace comes into the soul, as the morning sun into the world; first a dawning, then a light; and at last the sun in his full and excellent brightness.
A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.
That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.
He who reforms himself, has done much toward reforming others; and one reason why the world is not reformed, is, because each would have others make a beginning, and never thinks of himself doing it.
You really burden the reader if you put things in but, "Oh, it's not interesting, but I'll put it in anyway. " Then the reader's going to think, like, "Mmm. . . no thanks. " So the thing is to cut all that stuff out before its published.
At the age of five or six I just used to kick the ball with both feet. I wasn't very good to start with but I practised and practised. Once I finally got it, it was an unbelievable sensation. It was then that I realised that if you work at something, it pays off.
Not every thought is a candle! Some thoughts can make the world darker!
The city is recruited from the country.