When I came into the Perry family, it was just kind of one of those deals where they were the only family I had.
Although when Christianity appeared the total population of the planet was only a fraction of that of the twentieth century, most of the earth's surface was quite outside the Mediterranean world, Persia, India, and China.
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
The cooperation of NASCAR - or any other system, it turns out - persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win.
The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit.
Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country.
Every team and club has its own personal goals and objectives, and I'm only concerned about mine.
I've been committed to personal growth since I was a teenager, and I'm a believer in the idea that your thought is the only thing that matters.
The only people I don't reach on a very personal level are straight white men. They don't really need another entertainer dedicated for them exclusively, so they're fine.
I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) cannot be medicated. It is treatable only through therapy. The problem is therapy is rarely sought by the afflicted. It cannot be cured.
My creative process involves that old saying: It's 90% perspiration and only 10% inspiration.
In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion.
You cannot show people only the petals and not the thorns. It's not fair to them.
'Peter Pan' is a beloved property. It's a property that was brought to the screen many, many times before, so one has to not only justify the reasons why one might make a 'Peter Pan' movie in 2018, 2019 or whatever, but you also have to do justice to the source material.
I have accordingly considered it, and now appear not only in obedience to your order, but likewise in behalf of the inhabitants of this town, who have presented another petition, and out of regard to the liberties of the subject.
There are men who would quickly love each other if once they were speak to each other; for when they spoke they would discover that their souls had only separated by phantoms and delusions.
The United States is the only advanced country that permits the pharmaceutical industry to charge exactly what the market will bear, whatever it wants.
My parents owned a pharmacy in Budapest, which gave us a comfortable living. As I was their only child, they wanted me to become a pharmacist. But my own preference would have been to study philosophy and mathematics.