The immediacy of the technology of the web allows us, as songwriters, to write something very sharp and quick. That has a lot to do with helping a songwriter be more reflective of reality, instead of being in an area where you have to process things. It's the difference between processing fish and catching it in a boat.
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Related She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH All that the spider needs to complete its web is step taking ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It's nice to have things to look forward to. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it... CRAIG GROESCHEL the room of the spirit is the mind and the seat of the spirit is the heart. What we give room to muc... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ... CHRISTINA ENGELA The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light. GINA GREENLEE Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be. STEPHEN CHBOSKY He said it was the kind of book you made your own. STEPHEN CHBOSKY No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estóma... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He want... CRAIG GROESCHEL Never in her life – she could swear it from the bottom of her soul – had she ever intended to do... THOMAS HARDY Look to your heart and soul first, rather than looking to your head first, when choosing. Rather tha... JEFFREY R. ANDERSON Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH There is this one thing that I never ever want to know, and that is knowing how to give up on a true... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA The Dream of a Queer Fellow I write the words again and they appear doubly pregnant with meaning. It... JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY If you have read this far in the chronicle of the Baudelaire orphans - and I certainly hope you have... LEMONY SNICKET A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG The more God is glorified the more man is energic and the more satan is weak. INDONESIA123 This is not Winterfell', he told him as he cut his meat with fork and dagger. 'On the Wall, a man ge... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS until we do what has not yet been done, what has not been done shall remain undone ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
have been befuddled by the mysteries... LEWIS N. ROE This is the secret of happiness that you have been looking for: If you are moving in the ... ABRAHAM HICKS He said that academia reminded him of a badly run circus. The faculty members were like underfed ani... SUSAN HUBBARD Si escuchas la canción Asleep, y piensas en esos días en los que hace un clima precioso que te hac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE Abril é o mês mais cruel, gera lilases da terra morta, mistura a memória e o desejo, mistura raí... JULIA GREGSON Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto JULIA GREGSON A man drank and became drunk, next he said, now i am delivered from my enemies and then walked into ... SOTONYE ANGA Life depends on you and your choices. The real value of your life largely depends on what you do wit... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
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CHUCK PALAHNIUK Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is ou... CHUCK PALAHNIUK My mother lived through the Great Depression. Her family of 11 children pulled themselves up by thei... CHUCK NORRIS We won the Cold War because we showed nuclear vigilance and diligence. CHUCK FLEISCHMANN What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way ... CHUCK GRASSLEY Forget the historic nature of his election having to do with skin color - Obama has an opportunity o... CHUCK TODD I'm always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unco... CHUCK PALAHNIUK When children are exposed to advertisements for unhealthy food, they will, in turn, consume signific... CHUCK NORRIS To me, every interview, even if you love the artist, needs to be somewhat adversarial. Which doesn... CHUCK KLOSTERMAN My best advice for writers is: Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poo... CHUCK PALAHNIUK With a book, you're guaranteed the audience has a certain skill level and that the audience has ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you... CHUCK NORRIS If there had been zombies on the iceberg when the Titanic hit it, that would have made a much better... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Despite what Washington thinks or does on this 15th anniversary, we the people will never forget tho... CHUCK NORRIS Good things happen to those who hustle. CHUCK NOLL In 1966, NASA took over in space, and it has been a bureaucratic mess ever since. CHUCK YEAGER There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up... CHUCK SCHUMER Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibili... CHUCK PALAHNIUK The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage. CHUCK PALAHNIUK I can't lie - I love talking to the people at my shows. I'm so grateful to all my fans. I co... CHUCK BROWN You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the ... CHUCK YEAGER Don't let the same dog bite you twice. CHUCK BERRY I'm thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up. CHUCK BERRY We're making the same mistakes we made 1,000 years ago. So they must be the right ones. So relax... CHUCK PALAHNIUK