Enduring at the time played in his formulation of the test.
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I suppose hobbits need some description nowadays, since they have become rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us. They are (or were) a little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded Dwarves. Hobbits have no beards. There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making a noise like elephants which they can hear a mile off. They are inclined to be fat in the stomach; they dress in bright colours (chiefly green and yellow); wear no..
I felt the presence of the night all about me: a living, breathing entity, whispering soft words against my flesh.? I had never before felt the silken touch of the night caress me as I did now.? It was a frightening, yet exhilarating experience.? It was as if the night itself were attempting to seduce me.
Principle 1: By setting limitations, we must choose the essential. So in everything you do, learn to set limitations.? Principle 2: By choosing the essential, we create great impact with minimal resources. Always choose the essential to maximize your time and energy.
Bethyl Ann has vomited words like she ate the dictionary.
I want you out in the hallway, against the far wall in single file, ready to move, in fifteen. Drop your fartsack, Ratliff.
I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets:
How did I become this monsterthis creature that feasts on the blood of innocents? I stare at my bloodstained dress and feel nothing but hatred for what I have done.? To know how callously I killed before and felt no regret, now pains me.? I killed before with no remorse.? But tonighttonight, what I have done is unbearable.?
Housing projects can seem like labyrinths to outsiders, as complicated and intimidating as a Moroccan bazaar. But we knew our way around.
Any time you see signs or labels added to a device, it is an indication of bad design: a simple lock should not require instructions.
You keep out of my bed, said Danny, for he knew that Joe Portagee had come to stay. The way he sat in a chair and crossed his knees had an appearance of permanence.
The only one who wanted to be free. Surprise, surprise. CHAPTER
I threw back my head, my hair falling about me like a great red curtain, and cried out.? My eyes felt hot and burned with tears as my body trembled with the passion for blood.?
This is perhaps one of those WTF? Moments I mentioned in the introduction. These three elements are (XHTML authors, are you sitting down?) entirely optional, because browsers assume them anyway. Bruce Lawson, Remy Sharp
It was not a safe thing to lead Joe into temptation; he had no resistance to it at all.
Sin and the effects of sin are similar to the laws of inertia: a person (or object) in motion will continue on that trajectory until acted upon by an outside force.
I had never been so extravagantly proud of having blood that clotted.
This is an addictive pastime. You take no real risk, touch the world, and it responds. Repeat.
The most common and powerful fire-starter is the question. A good question is like an arrow you can aim at any challenge. Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, James Macanufo
Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of the might within the land, bearers of a spark from the sacred fire.
We are simply inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.
But Christian illiteracy is only the first part of the crisis. Even more seriously, even for those who think they speak Christian fluently, the faith itself is often misunderstood and distorted by many to whom it is seemingly very familiar. They think they are speaking the language as it has always been understood, but what they mean by the words and concepts is so different from what these things have meant historically, that they would have trouble communicating with the very authors of the past they honor.
Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
So many people, if the truth were known, live their lives on two levels. The principles they fight about are often at odds with the complicated and often frustrated lives they live. This is why there is so much intensity.
The student asks: If my redstone necklace had every view of every veil that ever brightened, would I be wise? The master answers: If I had a thousand pieces of a priceless vase, would I be rich?
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