Politics, politics, politics. Writing and reading.
President Bush, Ronald Reagan, Ann Coulter, Francine Rivers, Dolly Parton, JK Rowling (even still), Rush Limbaugh, Terri Schaivo, Margaret Thatcher, Prince William (just to say I did), and Elwood P. Dowd.
Heroes, LOST, Raymond, and of course, B5*Everything I Learned About Life I Learned from Babylon 5*No one is exactly what he appears.It would be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them; so, take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.Communication, good humor and genuine compassion can overcome any lack of experience with . . . high numerical values. (And if you know what THAT means...I will buy you dinner)Be both terrified and reassured to know that there are still wonders in the Universe, that we have not yet explained everything.Do not thump the book of G'Quan.We all do what we do for the same reason: because it seems like a good idea at the time.Boom, sooner or later, BOOM!Human ways are often unfathomable, but in time, one learns to live with them (if one has an exceedingly strong constitution).You can always get more with a kind word and a two-by-four that you can with just a kind word.See yourself for what you are, not what others try to make you.We all believe in something greater than ourselves, even if it's just the blind forces of chance.Understanding is a three-edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth.Sometimes doing the right thing doesn't change anything.Without the hope that things will get better, that our inheritors will know a world that is fuller and richer than our own, life is pointless and evolution is vastly overrated.Don't argue with superior beings.There's enough guilt in the world to go around without grabbing for more."Why not" is a perfectly good reason.There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.Never hand someone a gun unless you're sure where they'll point it.Sometimes "peace" is another word for surrender.Nobody listens to poor ZathrasStay close to the Vorlon!!It's better to find something worth living for instead of something worth dying for.Secrets have a way of getting out.Don't make promises life won't let you keep.You cannot serve larger ideals by compromising smaller ones.Laughter is better than pills for what ails you.There's nothing wrong with getting a good head start.If your going to have delusions, you might as well have the really satisfying ones.Always leave a little room for people to disappoint you.Calling a diet a "food plan" doesn't help.Wear loose shoes and never forget how to dance.Sometimes, the necessary thing isn't the right thing.A stroke of the brush does not guarantee art from the bristles.Beware Shadows. They move when you're not looking.Some favors come at too high a price.Fasten, then zip.Faith manages.It is good to have friends, even if only for a little while.What we hold sacred gives our lives meaning.Similarity is not required to express compassionWhatever it is, it can't be that bad.If you don't understand the song, then listen to the music. The universe doesn't give you any points for doing things easily.It is noble to strive for the perfection of one's soul and the salvation of one's race.Be wary of gifts from friends you don't know you have.We learn by doing, and in the process we fall on our faces occasionally.Even if your choices are limited to Pestilence, Famine, or Death, it is always possible to make a wise decision.The Universe puts us in places we can learn; they are never easy places, but they are right. Wherever we are, it's the right place and the right time.The forces of darkness do not move openly.Evil sometimes wears a pleasant face.No race can be truly intelligent without laughter.In the long, twilight struggle which lies ahead, there is the possibility of hope.Never start a fight, but always finish it.A darkness carried in the heart can not be cured by moving the body from one place to another.We say there is no choice only to comfort ourselves with the decision we have already made.We can learn much from silence.The war is never completely won; there are always new battles to be fought against the darkness.Words have meaning and names have power. The universe began with a word, you know.If you can not say what you mean, you can never mean what you say. The details are everything.You can kill the truth, but it always comes back to haunt you later.The one thing in life that you can be sure about is that you are going to make mistakes.If for the single wrong word I can become the enemy, do I any longer really understand who the enemy is?That's all that faith requires. That we surrender ourselves to the possibility of hope.The universe speaks in many languages, but only one voice. We need not be afraid of those who are different, we can embrace that difference and learn from it.Where is it written that all our dreams must be small ones?You don't have to solve every problem all at once.Sooner or later, everyone comes to Babylon 5.
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"Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel. For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough in Him to speak as I should....My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether be life or by death." ~ The Apostle Paul: Eph 6:18-20; Phil 1:20"Lord, I intend it to thy glory, and let no profane misinterpreter abuse it to thy diminution." ~John Donne"I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence." ~ Ben Jonson"I never tried to clean a fish before I caught it." ~ Unknown Minister"The most dangerous predator of liberals is the real world. They hide from it in college campuses." ~ www.imao.us"To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." ~ President Theodore Roosevelt"Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbin, exhilirating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!" ~ Edna Ferber"A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in an argument." ~ Robert Frost"I'm a Christian first and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it. You know who else was kind of "divisive" in terms of challenging the status quo and the powers-that-be of his day? Jesus Christ." ~Ann Coulter"There is a 6'4" man in medieval armor standing there quietly on his own, and we don't look at people like that because it only encourages them." ~ John Cleese, on being British"Feminism has nothing at all to do with being 'feminine.' Feminine means accentuating the womanly attributes that make women deliciously different from men. The feminine woman enjoys her right to be a woman. She has a positive outlook on life. She knows she is a person with her own identity and that she can seek fulfillment in the career of her choice, including that of traditional wife and mother." ~ Phyllis Schlafly"Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions." ~ G. K. Chesterson"It isn't going to bed with a man that proves you're in love with him. It's getting up in the morning and facing the drab, miserable, wonderful, everyday world with him that counts." ~ Yours, Mine and Ours"What I felt like saying was, 'I've produced my third child and my sixth book since I last saw you. Aren't either of these things more important, more interesting, than my size?' But no - my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book; finally, something to celebrate! Maybe this seems funny or trivial, but it's really not." ~ JK Rowling"[Judgment] comes from four sources: God, nature, diligence and conversation. Serve the first, and the rest will serve you." ~ Ben Jonson"I think political correctness is a wonderful fad. Probably not as spiritually uplifting as the hula-hoop, but undoubtedly better for the health." ~ Waiting for God"The reason liberals are so obsessed with global warming is that they cannot bring themselves to admit that they do not control the planet, that its atmosphere and activities are outside of their control. It conflicts with their delusion that they are demigods, which comes from the fact that most of them are not god-fearing people." ~ Michael Savage"The way to tell the professional writers from the amateur writers is that the amateurs only write when they feel like it." ~ Jerry Van Cook"Remember that only in cheesy romance novels is the heroine guaranteed to find true love without the risk of vulnerability or pain." ~ Dear Prudence column"A woman, the more curious she is about her face, the more careless she is about her house." ~ Ben Jonson"We don't make movies for critics, since they don't pay to see them anyhow." ~ Charles Bronson"We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue." ~ from "The Birth of a Nation"