Except then I wonder what it's like to feel normal because if you take away the things I've felt all my life--the insecurity, the pain, the loneliness, the absolute dissolution of any sane or rational thought during one of my more manic moods and the...
We sometimes get together with others hoping their mood will elevate ours. In a way, we want to bring leftovers to the potluck and we're hoping to fill our plates with apple pie. Energy tells us why this won't happen. When we show up for a buffet of ...
So this is supposed to be about the how, and when, and why, and what of reading -- about the way that, when reading is going well, one book leads to another and to another, a paper trail of theme and meaning; and how, when it's going badly, when book...
There is no doubt that even the greatest musical geniuses have sometimes worked without inspiration. This guest (inspiration) does not always respond to the first invitation. We must always work, and a self-respecting artist must not fold his hands o...
Unlike the hard, iron skeleton of war, the Izzy Doll is soft and cuddly. Not forced upon, it is given freely and accepted easily. It cannot be bought or sold therefore has no monetary power. It is created in the spirit of love and given in the same. ...
Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others... but you are still distinct from it. You may even criticize it in yourself and wish you could stop it. But there may come a day when you can no longer. Then there will be ...
Chow Mo-wan: In the old days, if someone had a secret they didn't want to share... you know what they did? Ah Ping: Have no idea. Chow Mo-wan: They went up a mountain, found a tree, carved a hole in it, and whispered the secret into the hole. Then th...
Receptionist at 'Singapore Daily': [picks up phone] Hello, Singapore Daily. [into phone] Receptionist at 'Singapore Daily': Hold on. [turns to room] Receptionist at 'Singapore Daily': Mr. Chow, call for you. Chow Mo-wan: [hurriedly arrives to pick up...
Better a bad harvest than a bad neighbor.
Bad news travels fast.
Your mood shouldn't dictate your manners.
A smile is like an instant facelift and an instant mood lift.
I never have a bad night, bad day, bad moment.
There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
Feeling bad is not the problem. The problem is that we feel bad about feeling bad. Once you begin to let go of feeling bad about feeling bad, and start feeling better about feeling bad, then pretty soon you'll just feel better. And then you'll feel a...
A bad one breaks his board.
No one really has a bad life. Not even a bad day. Just bad moments.
The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.
I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.
Music controls moods and accents life's moments. It's necessary for every situation.
I try to read the audience, see what they're in the mood for.
