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But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity.

The powerful effect of love is invisible but it is a potent transformer of the self.

On the Tour, you live in a bubble - your team, the other riders, the press - so you don't know how it looks from outside.

Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!

No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.

To discuss spirituality and to be proficient in spirituality are two different subjects. First, talks over that and the second displays the source by itself. All can explore that, while all can be not that spirited source. The conversation can be a false matter, and based on deception, whereas, the spiritual figure's image is simply clear, as a visionary mirror. Such ones adopt a way of the fasting and patience, stay away from worldly affairs, and believe in God perfectly. They do not beg to the world and not sell their prayers. They remain the best supporter of all people and do not backbite, nor appreciate such conduct. They win the heart and mind of the people with their humility, tolerance, forgiveness, love, and sincerity, in their tearful state of passion.

When I think about it, I'm happily bewildered that people will preorder my books They'll preorder me. What a lucky guy!

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business. He excites me when I watch him. He moves me. He's the singer who gets across what the composer has in mind, and probably a little more.

What rock n' roll was supposed to be about was getting loose, enjoying it, going a little crazy, and not caring how you act or dress.

I never wanted to be a bombshell; I wanted to be an actor. I would much prefer to be a woman than a man, but if I was a dude, maybe I'd have Johnny Depp's island because women in this industry after a certain age definitely don't get to do 'Pirates of the Caribbean.'

I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules.

The great test of life is obedience to God.

Write for yourself, not for a perceived audience. If you do, you'll mostly fall flat on your face, because it's impossible to judge what people want. And you have to read. That's how you learn what is good writing and what is bad. Then the main thing is application. It's hard work.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

I really admire Werner Herzog and Spike Lee. They're amazing documentarians. If you took away all the narratives, they'd just be amazing documentarians.

Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partner regarding family plans, family activities, and family budgeting. Don't be stingy with your time or with your means. Give her the opportunity to grow intellectually, emotionally, and socially as well as spiritually.

Middle school was my most awkward stage. I switched schools after the sixth grade after having gone to the same school for six years with the same group of 40 kids. It was a shock. I reinvented myself. I experimented with different styles, different groups of friends, and different types of music and not knowing how to be cool.

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.

Religion is a big problem in Israel and the Arab world, but again, the problem isn't religion but political leaders who want to use the religion.