A theatrical spectacle is inherent whenever family members congregate and reacquaint themselves with powerful universal themes educed from homecomings including hugs, food, drink, conversation, politics, games, music, conflict, terror, mercy, smiles, tears, prayers, misfortune, and self-discovery.
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Related I dislike organized games, swimming pools, fashionable resorts, night clubs, music in restaurants, a... JAMES HILTON Love, smiles and hugs surmount disease and depression; I’ve seen it with my own eyes. I love you L... SCOTTIE SOMERS People of genius whenever they are faced with misfortune find resources within themselves. BROUHOURS Drink often drives a man to misfortune and misfortune often drives a man to drink. VIKRANT PARSAI My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really... GRACE JONES Our prayers are with the family members, friends and colleagues of the seven astronauts. Those we lo... KANSAS Obediently, I squash into a corner with a glass of cider. A chalkboard menu declares that the specia... LAURA MADELEINE Misfortune is a fine opiate to personal terror. THOMAS HARDY Music, food and a chilled drink, helps to revitalise the mind, body and soul. KISHAN S CHAUHAN A beautiful vacuum filled with wealthy monogamists, all powerful and members of the best families al... ERNEST HEMINGWAY There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves. GEORGE SANTAYANA I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES The real meaning of travel, like that of a conversation by the fireside, is the discovery of oneself... DR. PAUL TOURNIER What happens this weekend stays between us. We set the rules. JAYSON JAMES It's been a sad day. There have been a lot of tears and hugs. BRIAN SMITH This is a very sad day for the Blackwater family, ... We lost a number of our friends to attacks by ... GARY JACKSON This is a very sad day for the Blackwater family, ... We lost a number of our friends to attacks by ... GARY JACKSON Nothing but a miracle of sovereign mercy could have arrested and saved me from eternal perdition. Ho... ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY There is an inherent conflict of interest there. BRIAN MCANDREWS The body of work I create combines traditional storylines and postmodern narrative strategies to app... AMAN MOJADIDI Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely th... JOSEPH CONRAD Who knows what true loneliness is -- not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely t... JOSEPH CONRAD Smiley tears and teary smiles are priceless. VIKRMN I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal. CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON Every little achievement is a measure of the quantity of love and prayers you are getting. NEHA KOTHARI Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle. RONALD STEEL When she asked what my father taught me, I told her I couldn't put it into words. But then I lay awa... PETER GEYE The host took care to produce one or another of these whenever the current subjects seemed about use... JEAN ANTHELME BRILLAT-SAVARIN It is used and misused to spread fear and terror. It's a tool to be used against anyone you are in c... HINA JILANI We met with family members of the suspect and convinced the family members, when they heard from the... GREG GARDNER It's important to let kids be themselves and to let them make mistakes. Self-discovery goes a lo... KRISTIN CAVALLARI Words cannot express how we felt. We were all very excited.There were cheers and tears, hugs and kis... MACKENZIE STEGER I want to drown in my tears, And my tears are my prayers. LUFFINA LOURDURAJ For smiles from reason flow
To brute deny'd, and are of love the food. JOHN MILTON Transmission of hepatitis C has not been linked with food service. There is no risk factor from food... JENNIFER MORCONE The greatest discovery is self-discovery. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Consumers are clearly making the most of all the choices they have to discover and purchase music, a... RUSS CRUPNICK From Julia Child to 'The Galloping Gourmet' and the Food Channel and Cooking Channel, our fa... CHUCK NORRIS The rides, the games, the food, the music. BOB MERCURIO This discovery demonstrates that the planet-creation process is a very robust and a very universal o... ALEKSANDER WOLSZCZAN Spending time looking for what is missing in your life is futile; if you fail to look within yoursel... NICOLAS G. JANOVSKY Even if your world seems to be falling apart, you can be confident in that you are in His hand of gr... PST ADELAJA SUNDAY Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesn't have much for children. At its heart are conver... ROSECRANS BALDWIN Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to... P. J. O'ROURKE The essence of the modern state is that the universal be bound up with the complete freedom of its p... G. W. F. HEGEL There is no risk factor from food service members. JENNIFER MORCONE It's a hard thing to lose two young lives. There have been lots of hugs and lots of tears. ANDREW STUCKEY Deep down most people want peace, want to make friends, want to connect themselves with others. That... JONATHAN CHEN I'm a good girl, you know? But I'm from the South, and there are some powerful women down th... PARKER POSEY The worship of Mary transformed Catholicism from a religion of terror - perhaps necessary in the Dar... WILL DURANT You wouldn't walk with your underpants stuck in your bottom, you'd adjust them. So don't treat the i... CONVERSATION WITH APIGEON And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears. KAHLIL GIBRAN Smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings:... ANNE BRONTë Every woman has deceptive style in both i.e own tears and smile as per the requirement of that parti... ANUJ SOMANY Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail ABRAHAM LINCOLN Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... NANETTE L. AVERY There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. SAINT THERESA OF JESUS There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. SAINT TERESA OF AVILA There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. ST. TERESA OF AVILA There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. ST THERESA OF JESUS Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. PAUL VALERY Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend t... BASMAH BINT SAUD I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, includ... AMY SEDARIS Amphibians are right in the center of the food chain. They keep insect numbers down and serve as foo... CHE WELDON I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard. RODNEY ATKINS To control anger in teenage childrens, mother should always prepare food and serve with smiles. ARVIND MEHTA Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food. ALFRED HITCHCOCK The club currently has 52 members from all over central Wisconsin, but most are from the Stevens Poi... LEE BOTTENSEK Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind. R.J. PALACIO The way we drink wine is changing fast and consumers of today want smooth, powerful, high alcohol wi... PETER SOMMER Adieu! but let me cherish, still, The hope with which I cannot part. Contempt may wound, and coldnes... ANNE BRONTë Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the po... PAULO FREIRE I would like to thank my family and friends and the members of the Faith Community Church for their ... MARK GARDNER Once enough Americans reacquaint themselves with Americanism, we should promote it to all countries ... DENNIS PRAGER Mature themes and sexual content in games is huge. The adult game market is taking off like a rocket... BRENDA BRATHWAITE The creative tension with spirituality vs. practicality in the world of politics is a vital conversa... TIM DALY I don't have them play themselves. I'll have them play their family members. HARRIET COMFORT Music is gathering. Taking our scattered thoughts and senses and coalescing us back into our core. M... JANE SIBERRY “Friends congregate at the fireside of Friendship,
where strangers become friends, and friends
bec... TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN Food is our common ground, a universal experience. JAMES BEARD Our intercession prayers make God's mercy to triumph against judgement. PST ADELAJA SUNDAY I would say that all the themes of the book are there from the beginning, including the individual, ... MARK PENDERGRAST During a conversation, listening is as powerful as loving. AMIT KALANTRI His words and music weren't just joined; they were inseparably married. JOHN CORRY Whenever I hear music, and whenever I'm on stage, especially with my music, it's like a part of me, ... TOMMY POLO We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always deb... ZACH GALIFIANAKIS 'The Nexus of Politics and Terror.' Please judge for yourself. KEITH OLBERMANN Getting into a bidding war with J&J is bad enough. But getting into a cash-throwing contest with J&J... CAROL LEVENSON Self-discovery is life recovery. IFEANYI ENOCH ONUOHA Whenever there is a conflict between pink and blue, let the pink win, happiness is more important th... SUKANT RATNAKAR adversity is a great tool to self discovery. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to do is worth all of the good thought, ... DAVID MCKAY Argument need not be heated; it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears. J. SIDLOW BAXTER Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with th... PAULO FREIRE All families were like that, with their private damage they kept among themselves, ghosts they lived... BOBBY UNDERWOOD He'll be in our prayers, and there will be lots of prayers for the family. BEN STOCKING Christ tears away the wall of partition, the self-love, the dividing prejudice of nationality, and t... ELLEN G. WHITE It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem. AMELIA BARR They come out to enjoy the food, enjoy the music. It's a chance to get together and visit with frien... MARY ALICE My mate. Death incarnate. Night triumphant. SARAH J. MAAS
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OLDSTER The mysteries of life include the external and the internal conundrums that each person encounters i... KILROY J. OLDSTER We are what comes to us and by what we choose to fulfill. We learn love by experiencing other people... KILROY J. OLDSTER Inside each of us is a deep well of translucent water. A fluidity of thoughts and luminous feelings ... KILROY J. OLDSTER Human history is the ancient story of the umbilical conflict between a lone individual versus a caba... KILROY J. OLDSTER Dissimilar from acquiring riches and fame, which are largely products of providence, we self-manufac... KILROY J. OLDSTER A person whom works exclusively for money places a price tag on his or her soul. A person whom labor... KILROY J. OLDSTER Original sin is a self-initiating act because it evidences human free will. If humanity were devoid ... KILROY J. OLDSTER Our personal experiences and mental reasoning skills establish the range of our perception of realit... KILROY J. OLDSTER People exercise the freedom to present themselves from a vast array of precepts. The modern human mi... KILROY J. OLDSTER Original sin and conscious awareness of human fallibility is the perpetual agent of transformation i... KILROY J. OLDSTER Many aspects of the human condition are beautiful and many others are vile. Betrayal and personal ag... KILROY J. OLDSTER No one wants to occupy a black hole of sadness and despair or slip on the tight rope that separates ... KILROY J. OLDSTER An inexhaustible capacity to engage in sin is what makes human beings capable of living a virtuous l... KILROY J. OLDSTER A person whom is dissatisfied with the existing constitution of the self might wish to eradicate the... KILROY J. OLDSTER The ego is the culmination of our preferences and dislikes. Our ego represents the firm edges of how... KILROY J. OLDSTER Aristotle declared that, ‘It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought wit... KILROY J. OLDSTER We live mindfully by harvesting evocative scenes to pay attention to including the mountains and oce... KILROY J. OLDSTER A person tied to the world of sorrows can return to nature for inspiration. Nature provides solace t... KILROY J. OLDSTER All overt and covert emotions would shrivel without the beam of contrast and comparison to supply co... KILROY J. OLDSTER Writing is mental exercise and the preeminent method to train the mind to achieve a desirable state ... KILROY J. OLDSTER Life flows at ease whenever a person ceases complaining about the past, worrying about the future, l... KILROY J. OLDSTER The goal of all principled people is to recognize truth. Simple or complex thoughts and feelings sta... KILROY J. OLDSTER We write our personal story as intermittent authors; the narrator is always searching for a unitive ... KILROY J. OLDSTER The foremost calling of the human brain is to script a safe, secure, and joyous future for a person. KILROY J. OLDSTER