#aye

I had a really normal childhood except I acted. It was like, my brother played soccer, and I was on television sometimes. ↗

— Shiri Appleby

#brother #childhood #except #had #i

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#does #far #god #him #himself

When you're in a club or a theater or even an arena, yeah, you want visuals, you want a good light show. But Slayer has always been about the sound. We have to sound good. It has to be tight. ↗

— Tom Araya

#always #arena #been #club #even

Very few people deserted me when I went to prison. They stayed loyal. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#few #few people #i #loyal #me

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. ↗

— Aristotle

#men #more #reverence #swayed #than

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. ↗

— Aristotle

#because #brings #evil #fear #generality

One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#definitely #enjoyed #gig #him #i

Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement. ↗

— Dick Armey

#america #big #birds #called #greatest

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. ↗

— Henry Adams

#deceitful #ever #man #mistress #most

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a unique perspective on the world, a member of a class of one. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#each #equal #member #person #perspective