I have a mystical bent, and I pursue daily meditations that follow the liturgical calendar - what are called the 'daily offices' of the church.


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It's your heart. No one else gets a say in that.
JAY ASHER
As I get older and maybe a little bit wiser, you realize how much stuff affects your body and what i...
JAY CUTLER
You eat as many vegetables as you can, and try to cut your carbs and your sugar. That's going to...
JAY CUTLER
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong question...
ANTONY JAY
'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibili...
ANTONY JAY
Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young.
ANTONY JAY
He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must...
ANTONY JAY
You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, ...
ANTONY JAY
The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they ar...
ANTONY JAY
Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young
ANTONY JAY
In every atom, there is a reflection of the whole.
JAY WOODMAN
I think there is a case for strong action and intervention when there is criminality and when the le...
JAY WEATHERILL
It all started when my dog began getting free roll over minutes.
JAY LONDON
The first time I was homeless was when I went to Atlanta. I was in a homeless shelter, then when I g...
JAY ELECTRONICA
The very first thing I tell every intern on the first day is that their internship exists solely on ...
JAY SAMIT
I try to make music with emotion and integrity. And authenticity. You can feel when something's ...
JAY-Z
The success of the second 'Austin Powers' caught us by surprise a little bit. We had decided...
JAY ROACH
I was in Las Vegas, and there was a exhibit of King Tut's tomb, and it was an audio tour. At the...
JAY ASHER
For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn't that mak...
JAY LENO
Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I ...
JAY-Z
The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need: it's th...
JAY-Z
As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and ma...
JAY-Z
We spent a month in LA using a pool of musicians, a string arranger called Benjamin Wright, some gre...
JAY KAY
Cultures have long heard wisdom in non-human voices: Apollo, god of music, medicine and knowledge, c...
JAY GRIFFITHS
We clearly need to break our addiction on Saudi Arabian oil that is a security threat to the United ...
JAY INSLEE
Tolerance is the value that was selected to put on here, and tolerance is as American as apple pie.
JAY INSLEE
For those that fear being taken advantage of by people working from home or on flexible schedules, I...
JAY SAMIT
There is no better feeling than doing well while you are doing good. If you really want to meet the ...
JAY SAMIT
I think it's very important for hip-hop, when an artist reaches a certain level, to ascend to ex...
JAY-Z