"I am convinced that anyone can be a great writer . . . if he can only . . . tell the naked truth about himself and other people. That, a little technique with words and the willingness to bare heart, soul and body are really all it takes."

-- Clive Barnes

#Heart Quotes #People Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Some people say I've got a five-octave range, which is ridiculous. That would mean I'd sing like Mariah Carey or that alien in 'The Fifth Element.' And I'm nothing like that blue alien. I've got a range of about 3 1/2 octaves.”
“All fruitfulness flows from intimacy.”

Source : Rolland Baker, Heidi Baker (2003). “Always Enough: God's Miraculous Provision among the Poorest Children on Earth”, p.181, Baker Books
“Islam doesn't promote violence or peace. Islam is just a religion, and like every religion in the world, it depends on what you bring to it. If you're a violent person, your Islam, your Judaism, your Christianity, your Hinduism, is going to be violent.”

Source : "Reza Aslan: Maher's "Facile" Generalizations Of Islam The Definition Of Bigotry". CNN Interview, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 30, 2014.
“When I got my commission, other land surveyors told me to ask for advice from my peers when I was struggling with something.”

Source : "Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Land Surveyor". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. December 10, 2015.
“Listening better. Caring more. Being there. Its not big changes, but the little ones in our daily lives that make all the difference. With little ways to love more, big things happen”

Source : FaceBook post by Yehuda Berg from Oct 16, 2013
“The beauty with comics - and also the risk - is it is a far smaller number of voices. It's the writer and the artist and to a lesser extent the editor, who typically is the silent partner, if you've got a good enough team. Whatever you put out is the author's intent. You have to be able to defend that, of course. You have no one to hide behind, or no one to blame but yourselves, which I find refreshing because I've found in film too many times I've been blamed for other people's decisions.”

Source : Source: comicsbulletin.com
“There is something special about unions of husband and wife. Unless we bring men and women together, children will not have mothers and fathers.”
“Go out and ask her into the alley.â€ Clay looked at Jeremy as if heâ€™d just been told to dance the rumba on a public thoroughfare. I bit back a laugh. â€œJust walk over to her and point at the alley. Maybe sayâ€¦I donâ€™t knowâ€¦something like â€˜fifty bucks.â€™ â€ I looked at Jeremy. â€œDoes that sound right? Fifty?â€ His brows shot up. â€œWhy are you asking me?â€ â€œI wasnâ€™tâ€”I just meant, as a generalâ€¦â€ I threw up my hands. â€œHow am I supposed to know how much a hooker costs?”

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