Perhaps it was only that the sense of reaching out to something larger than yourself gives you some feeling that there is something larger - and there really has to be, because plainly you aren't sufficient to the situation.
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Related In order to be truly happy, you must live along with, and you must stand for something larger than y... OPRAH WINFREY Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little o... BARACK OBAMA Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little o... BARACK OBAMA Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger th... FRANK LANGELLA Believe in something larger than yourself. BARBARA BUSH The smallest can be capable of something larger than you. Don't be stupid and underestimate too. CASEY The Imperial Senate, ever conscious of the weight of public opinion resting on the tip of the pencil... CHRISTINA ENGELA I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER It's not selling out, necessarily, to do something to gain some kind of notoriety that gives you... ATO ESSANDOH To appreciate beauty is to experience humility-- to recognize that something larger and more powerfu... DANIEL JAMES BROWN “Nothing is really yours, because there is nothing you could ever lose. In order to lose something... RYAN MARKS You can advance only by being larger than you present place. And, no man is larger than his present ... WALLACE D. WATTLES The power of the family stories and the family history is really remarkable. There seems to be somet... ROBYN FIVUSH You get to bring your own sound system when you play an arena, all the lights and visual stuff, whic... DAN AUERBACH People want to do something practical, more than just send a check, which we realize is often the mo... ELLEN HANSEN All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD And you should not let yourself be confused in your solitude by the fact that there is something in ... RAINER MARIA RILKE Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time. BARBARA BUSH For me, the reason why people go to a mountaintop or go to the edge of the ocean is to look at somet... DIANE PAULUS There is not a single indication in man's wonderful mechanism that he was created for a life of ... ORISON SWETT MARDEN Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena th... STING I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. CRAIG GROESCHEL What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL When you reach out to God humbly, you'll find that He's already reaching out to you. CRAIG GROESCHEL There is something vulnerable about showing your tattoos to people, even while it gives you a feelin... LENA DUNHAM 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON But there was something really serendipitous that was happening, with some kind of energy that thing... DAVE CHAPPELLE There is either where we've been or where we hope to go, here is where we are, take a moment to give... DENNIS BARTON I believe that human beings are desperate, always, to belong to something larger than themselves. DAVID WHYTE Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT There are some increased risks for independent institutional brokers [that] are, in a sense, left be... JAKE NEWMAN I think whenever you love something or somebody it means that you have to extend yourself, you have ... NAOMI SHIHAB NYE The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences a... IDINA MENZEL I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. When you talk to everyone, you just get the feeling we're going to be able to get something done at ... ARMON BASSETT For those who have walked through the fires of hell and rather than fall to its flames, have emerged... SHERRILYN KENYON You have to find something that you want to accomplish, that you want to achieve. You want to drop 1... LARRY FITZGERALD I'm retired, and I've got to do something, ... It gives you a good feeling when you're there, saving... BILL COLLINS It really gives the small and midsize customers access to the technology that larger customers alrea... JEFF HOWARD Thinking there is something better out there in the world, something worth more than you already hav... LOUISE CANDLISH There might be some hours of loneliness. But there was something wonderful even in loneliness. At le... L.M. MONTGOMERY We want a little risk in our lives because it keeps things interesting. It wakes us up, it gives us ... ROB BELL What is it precisely, that feeling of 'returning' from a poem? Something is lighter, softer,... IAN MCEWAN The mechanic, when a wheel refuses to turn, never thinks of dropping on his knees and asking the ass... ROBERT G. INGERSOLL If you do something and you really care and you want to convey something in a subtle way, there are ... JOHN ASTIN There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of ... ROALD DAHL We're not going to tell you when they break out. There is a larger canvas here, and it's longer than... PAUL SCHEURING When you are true to yourself, you will find yourself more easily able to pursue the things that mat... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE The chipmakers are always the last guys to find out that there is excess inventory. The inventory si... BILL MCCLEAN It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have somethi... ABIGAIL TARTTELIN There really is no sense in pretending to be normal. Just be you because the moment you do, weirder ... SHANNON L. ALDER Part of running DC Comics is that it's much larger than Image Comics is, or was. There's a c... JIM LEE I think in L.A., in terms of the music scene, it's a really strange place. It's really hard ... ALEKSA PALLADINO There were few people who could so easily turn down money. There had to be a larger good for doing s... JADE DELLINGER It has an intimacy to it that some of the larger extravaganza museums don't have. LEE SKOLNICK The people that win, they really have something special, they really enjoy it, they are in there for... KIMMIE MEISSNER It was from feeling oneself that one had reached the last barrier, that it was horrible, but that it... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY There is so much pressure to be thin, and you constantly compare yourself to others. But confidence ... CHERIE LUNGHI Sacrifice all to a mission larger than oneself; there you will find true love. SCOTTIE SOMERS Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT You're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there. J.D. SALINGER Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater th... CHRISTIAN D. LARSON Parents are like God because you wanna know they're out there, and you want them to think well of yo... CHUCK PALAHNIUK There is something very intriguing about, for example, the sense of accomplishment that a small chil... PETER GAY There's always moments where you creep yourself out, and you think you heard something and you c... ANNA KENDRICK A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because y... ANDREA BOCELLI You need to hunt something that can shoot back at you to really classify yourself as a hunter. You n... JESSE VENTURA That was the strange thing - I didn't hate my father. He had wanted something. Like I wanted Suzanne... EMMA CLINE I became very famous, as a teenager, and my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made... YUSUF ISLAM Something that I think I figured out slowly was if you're playing a show and there's a chatt... FEIST I don't think what has happened to me is that different from what happens to most people. The only d... BILLY JOEL Stay true to yourself.Take everyday challenge in your stride & strive to make journey of life exactl... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Be true to yourself.Give wings of confidence & courage to your endeavour. Your strength is reflected... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA In terms of companies, they must stand for something bigger. They must be dedicated to something lar... SRIKUMAR RAO You accept that this civilisation could be abolished and life will begin later on after a few thousa... THICH NHAT HANH To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD I really want to be a leader in the sense of the larger vision of the state. DOUGLAS R. FORRESTER Music gave me something that was not only good for me - it gave me something to work on, something t... FLEA Anytime you reinvent yourself or do something you want to do, there are going to be people who don't... JOHNNY CHRIST Your expectation of something unique and dramatic, of some wonderful explosion, is merely hindering ... NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ Diana knew it wouldn't be right, but then she told herself that things only looked wrong when there ... ANNA GODBERSEN It is necessary that you create small successes to encourage yourself to create larger ones. This wi... SISI MODISE Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy. F. MULDER If you can win this contest, it really is meaningful. I think it's tougher to win this event than it... PANCHO SULLIVAN I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it'... JEFF BEZOS Some people are larger than life. Hitler is larger than death. DON DELILLO [Reaching 45 or 50], it's kind of to judge yourself against them, with having that many opportunitie... BOB WICKMAN Let’s start with this statistic: You are delicious. Be brave, my sweet. I know you can get lonely.... GREG BEHRENDT Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself ... MITCH ALBOM Come prepared because you don't want to dilute the votes out there because you are uninformed an... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE Even though the bee is small, there she is on the flower, doing something of value. And the value sh... JAY EBBEN to be greater than the Ryder Cup is simply because the scope is larger. JACK NICKLAUS Regarding green screen, green screen is really like doing some stage work. You have to make believe ... BENICIO DEL TORO James really showed me something. Because it was obvious watching him out there that he wasn't happy... BRIAN BARKER I did and do believe, after all that I've seen and done, that if you project yourself into the mass ... DANIEL MENDELSOHN Create something for yourself that you feel proud of, that you are in control of, that gives you a b... AJA NAOMI KING Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS...
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DIANA GABALDON I know what it felt . . . like when I . . . thought you were dead, and-" A small gasp for breath, an... DIANA GABALDON (...) When I asked my Da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, I'd h... DIANA GABALDON Really love him, I mean," Geilie persisted. "Not just to bed him; I know you want that, and he does ... DIANA GABALDON My own eyes went to Jamie, who had come to join Fergus and Ian by the sideboard. Still here, thank G... DIANA GABALDON Take off your shirt," I said, sitting up and pulling at the hem of the garment. "Why?" he... DIANA GABALDON Jaime, you must be half-dead" He laughed tiredly, holding me close with one large warm ha... DIANA GABALDON ...well, if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished ... DIANA GABALDON For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here," he sai... DIANA GABALDON Aye, well, he'll be wed a long time," he said callously. "Do him no harm to keep his breeches on for... DIANA GABALDON Grey sat in his bedchamber, unshaven and attired in his nightshirt, banyan, and slippers, drinking t... DIANA GABALDON I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog b... DIANA GABALDON When you're reading, you're not where you are; you're in the book. By the same token, I ... DIANA GABALDON I regarded him gently over my own bowl of stew. He was very large, solid, and beautifully formed. An... DIANA GABALDON When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last word... DIANA GABALDON Scots have long memories, and they're not the most forgiving of people. DIANA GABALDON I am a sassenach, after all,” I said, seeing it. He touched my face briefly with a rueful smile. �... DIANA GABALDON Hodie mihi cras tibi, said the inscription. Sic transit gloria mundi. My turn today, yours tomorrow.... DIANA GABALDON I fought back the memory of our wedding night. He was a virgin; his hands trembled when he touched m... DIANA GABALDON Reading is of course dry work, and further refreshment was called for and consumed. DIANA GABALDON A general cry of "What book? What book? Let us see this famous book! DIANA GABALDON Lord, he’d said. Let me be enough. That prayer had lodged in my heart like an arrow when I’d hea... DIANA GABALDON Let me be enough, DIANA GABALDON When a man dies, it’s only him,” he said. “And one is much like another. Aye, a family needs a... DIANA GABALDON Come to bed, a nighean. Nothing hurts when ye love me.” He was right; nothing did. DIANA GABALDON Where d'ye think he is now?" Jenny said suddenly. "Ian, I mean." He glanced at the house, then ... DIANA GABALDON That dog is a wolf, is he not?' 'Aye, well, mostly.' A small flash of hazel to... DIANA GABALDON When God closes a door, he opens a window. Yeah. The problem was that this particular window opened ... DIANA GABALDON For a long time," he said at last, "when I was small, I pretended to myself that I was the bastard o... DIANA GABALDON A man’s life had to have more purpose than only to feed himself each day. DIANA GABALDON Oh, foisted, is it?" cried Mr. Ormiston in righteous indignation. "Such a word! And if it means what... DIANA GABALDON When a man dies, it’s only him,” he said. “And one is much like another. Aye, a family needs a... DIANA GABALDON I feel maybe like you did,” he whispered to her, too low to wake her. “When ye came through the ... DIANA GABALDON Does your knee still hurt, Sassenach?” he asked, seeing me rub it. It hadn’t ever quite recovere... DIANA GABALDON This is the thin time, when the beloved dead draw near. The world turns inward, and the chilling air... DIANA GABALDON You do mean it, then,” I said. “You feel … er … betrothed to her?” “Well, of course ... DIANA GABALDON And in the end, it does not matter. I am what God has made me, and must deal with the Times in which... DIANA GABALDON Men are made in God's image, or so I am told. Likewise that we differ from the animals in having rea... DIANA GABALDON Do ye not understand?"he said, in near desparation. "I would lay the world at your feet, Claire-and ... DIANA GABALDON Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA It's the first time I have returned to my roots - like going back to be a trio. The fans really ... DIANA ROSS The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it. DIANA VREELAND I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out. DIANA KRALL Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal. DIANA VREELAND I don't even know how to use a parking meter, let alone a phone box. PRINCESS DIANA What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy? PRINCESS DIANA