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Thomas a Kempis Quotes

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Thomas a Kempis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: clergyman
Nationality: german
Birth: 1380 - 1471

Topics

Nature Man Simplicity Wings Earth

I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer working - when I first moved to Nashville - in a bar in a Holiday Inn.

Mind Remember Seeing Holiday I Can

With 'Interpreter,' I didn't know it was ever going to be a book, that they were going to be published. I was writing them in a vacuum for the most part. They were my apprentice work. Then the stories happened to become a book.

Work Writing Book Know Become Going

I figured out who I was very early on - actually, at the age of 13, with the help of the Internet - so I knew that a transition, becoming a woman, was always something I needed to do.

Age Woman Internet Help Early Out

I've done some awful auditions, and I've really done some horrible work, but it forced me to flex those muscles, and that's what makes you a better actor, just doing bad work and seeing what looks bad and growing from it.

Melanie Scrofano

Work Me Better Doing You Bad

I think I got spoiled and that writing a short story and getting it published, or writing a novel and getting it published, you pretty much get to do the first, second and third draft yourself without a whole lot of interference.

Yourself Writing Story Think Short

Well, my parents originally wanted me to become a doctor - that's why I was in school; I was pre-med, and I graduated with a degree in psychology and a concentration in neuroscience. Really, the plan was for me to go to med school.

School Parents Me Doctor Plan Go

I try to go with the flow, and I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. I feel courageous enough to go outside myself and try something new, like everything in life.

Life Myself I Am Feel Enough New

Most conservatives choose God. The tree huggers choose weather, or preventing weather.

God Tree Weather Choose Most

Only comedians can talk about death, life, God and Virgin Mary. If I was a tragic actor, I couldn't allow myself. But with this accent I can do it. I can talk with death in person because I am a clown. Yes. And I am proud to be a clown - very much.

Roberto Benigni

Life God Myself Death I Am Proud

If I change car, I change car. I don't get very fond of things.

Change Car Things Get Very Fond

When preparing for a concert, I do lots of training. I work with a choreographer to create great moves and then I have to keep my voice strong with lessons.

Work Great Training Voice Strong

I've realised that when fashion is really good and really challenges and takes a risk, it is incredibly artistically powerful. It makes people dream.

Jonathan Anderson

Good People Challenges Fashion Dream

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