And people get all fouled up because they want the world to have meaning as if it were words... As if you had a meaning, as if you were a mere word, as if you were something that could be looked up in a dictionary. You are meaning.


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For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
ISAAC WATTS
Maundy Thursday Jesus invites His saints To meet around His board; Here pardon'd rebels sit...
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Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus There is a stream, whose gentle flow Supplies the city...
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Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr Joy to the world! the Lord is come! Let earth receive her ...
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CHRISTMAS DAY The King of glory sends his Son, To make his entrance on this earth; Behold the midni...
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Justice and Judgment are thy throne Yet wondrous is thy grace; While truth and mercy joined in one...
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PSALM 126 The Lord can clear the darkest skies Can give us day for night. Make drops of sacred so...
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Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearm...
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Ascension Feast of Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 Commemoration of Angela de'Merici, Founder of the ...
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Commemoration of Jack Winslow, Missionary, Evangelist, 1974 My God, how endless is Thy love! Thy gi...
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For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.
ISAAC WATTS
A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice.
ISAAC WATTS
How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book Go...
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But Thy good word informs my soul How I may climb to heaven.
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Let not soft slumber close your eyes, Before you've collected thrice The train of action throu...
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Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.
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In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past, That I may give for every da...
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How fine has the day been! how bright was the sun, How lovely and joyful the course that he run! ...
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But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never mad...
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How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day Fro...
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Misty Copeland is making history. During American Ballet Theatre's current season at the Metropo...
HEATHER WATTS
I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't abo...
CHARLIE WATTS
Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
ISAAC WATTS
Parisian women have an inner elegance that's envied the world over. They are so relaxed about ag...
NAOMI WATTS
He (Gould) didn't like being looked at that made an ongoing concert career impossible. He didn't enj...
ANDRE WATTS
It's not enough to play the best you can it takes a certain amount of luck. It's like blessings from...
ANDRE WATTS
The last few years have been a bit of a struggle. I got over the brain thing and my hand has come ba...
ANDRE WATTS
He (Gould) didn't like being looked at – that made an ongoing conce...
ANDRE WATTS
The conductor said that I won precisely because I made this mistake and managed to continue playing.
ANDRE WATTS
When you went to hear one of these people, ... it was their conviction that got you. They were each ...
ANDRE WATTS
It's not enough to play the best you can – it takes a certain amoun...
ANDRE WATTS
I believe strongly in the power of arts education to engage and empower young people.
HEATHER WATTS
Arts education is a big part of building a 21st century creative mind, and I think that we have let ...
HEATHER WATTS
I don't think immortality is necessarily the key to understanding the world. You have to be care...
REGGIE WATTS
The mind does different things in performance, and conscious thought sometimes takes a backseat.
REGGIE WATTS
With her grace and grit, and the will to lead change, Misty Copeland is truly a ballerina for our ti...
HEATHER WATTS
When I was about 14, my family emigrated from England to Australia, and we decided to stop in Bali o...
NAOMI WATTS
I consider myself something of a self-taught anthropologist. I try not to talk about something unles...
REGGIE WATTS
When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous.
NAOMI WATTS
We had the wind advantage and it was too close for me to try to chip it. We needed that goal before ...
BRANDY WATTS
They surprised us a little bit. We didn't adjust anything, we just got our heads back in the game an...
BRANDY WATTS
It's close to home and I get a chance to keep playing soccer. I wasn't ready to give it up.
BRANDY WATTS
I think it will be tougher because we're going to start getting into a lot better teams and the offe...
BRANDY WATTS
It was the best side has played.
BOB WATTS