One of the things I do take some pride in is that if you had never read an article about my life, if you knew nothing about me, except that my books were being set in front of you to read, and if you were to read those books in sequence, I don't think you would say to yourself, 'Oh my God, something terrible happened to this writer in 1989.'
You know, in each segment of ex-Yugoslavia, multi-ethnic life is lost, except I think we somehow still have this in Serbia.
The Serbian people are very kind. Sometimes life is ruthless, and you have to show character. But come to Serbia and see how friendly everyone is; then you'll change your mind.
Sometimes life drops blessings in your lap without your lifting a finger. Serendipity, they call it.
Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences all my life. Something told me I was meant for greater stuff. And look, I've had a baby! And I've written an opera!
I've always loved life, and I've never known what's ahead. I love not knowing what might be round the corner. I love serendipity.
My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.
My dad was the toughest man I've ever known in my life. He intimidated me. he was my Master Sergeant.
You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.
We don't live with the community of yesteryear. And we don't enjoy the public services Europeans do. So we turn to the market. Once we do, we find that service providers raise the standards of personal life, so that we come to feel we need them to live our 'best' personal lives.
A life in pursuit of position or power is not a life well-lived or in service to others.
Faith and service to others were pillars in Rev. DeBose's life. I knew him as a very kind person and an outstanding public servant.
I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don't live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans.
Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.
I film normal-life subjects in natural settings that some people would consider uncinematic. But what I want to show is nature itself, as the truth of life.
The transition between life in red-state America and life in the Arab capital was at times overwhelming because of the traditional segregation of men and women in many public and private settings.
Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.
Getting married and settling down isn't the most important thing in my life.
