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I just wish that somebody would just sanely sit down and talk, because who wants to fight? Animosity in any direction never serves any purpose.


Joyce Hall

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JAMES JOYCE Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.
JAMES JOYCE God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear.
JAMES JOYCE My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.
JAMES JOYCE Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. ...
JAMES JOYCE I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.
JAMES JOYCE He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as possible.
JAMES JOYCE There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.
JAMES JOYCE Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.
JAMES JOYCE No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.
JAMES JOYCE Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.
JAMES JOYCE A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
JAMES JOYCE The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork,...
JAMES JOYCE When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.
JAMES JOYCE Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither di...
JAMES JOYCE A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.
JOYCE MEYER Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and...
JOYCE MEYER God's grace is amazing! We're saved by grace - God's undeserved favor - and we live by g...
JOYCE MEYER Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy yo...
JOYCE MEYER If your inner life is not producing what you would like on the outside, don't be discouraged... ...
JOYCE MEYER Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes a...
JOYCE MEYER Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don't see what goes on un...
JOYCE MEYER God never promised us a trouble-free life.
JOYCE MEYER Feeling gratitude isn't born in us - it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our...
JOYCE BROTHERS It's so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Los...
JOYCE MEYER You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.
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