"early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable!"

-- Eric Jerome Dickey

“For there is no business of life, no avocation whatever, which will not permit a man, who has an inclination, to give a little time every day to the studies of his youth.”

Source : "Dissertations on the Importance and Best Method of Studying the Original Languages of the Bible".
“I'm one of the most joyous people I've ever met.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.”
“The soft bigotry of low expectations”
“My folks still live in my childhood home, and so when I'm home with them, I usually feel the best.”

Source : "Topher Grace Talks New Website Cereal Prize And ‘That ‘70s Show’ For HuffPost’s #nofilter". Interview with Leigh Blickley, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 6, 2014.
“It [boxing] helps my hand-eye coordination, my stamina, my footwork, and it gives me that competitive edge and drive. And in the ring it's mano-a-mano. So it helps you build that arrogance, that cockiness, that confidence in yourself that the man that stands in front of you isn't going to beat you, and that translates to the court.”
“I feel I am a little bit older. Reckon I will start growing a beard next week.”
“Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm. And therefore, this courage allows us, as the old men said, to make ourselves useful. It allows us to be generous, which is another way of saying exactly the same thing.”

Source : Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.246, Macmillan

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