The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
There is no greater example of government overreach and unrestrained liberalism than 'Obamacare.' It is so deeply flawed and such a clear and present threat to our economic stability that there is no way to fix it.
I'd much rather go out and have music randomly presented to me by different DJs than stay home and discover it on my own.
I'm interested in history, in trying to relate the past to the present and to understand how people thought about their problems and pleasures.
The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.
We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
The PBSI (Indonesian Badminton Association) have to work harder to widen the pool and find quality players. The present indifferent culture has to change.
If you had a Ministry box set under your Christmas tree, wrapped in paper, 'From Beer to Eternity' is the bow that goes around the present, you know what I mean?
Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in.
The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow.
I am very lucky because I am realizing my childhood dreams, and after presenting my shows it's like a party.
It was clear to me that the forms of consciousness of our inherited and acquired historical education - aesthetic consciousness and historical consciousness - presented alienated forms of our true historical being.
The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education.
A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained.
I never want to work. Even when you're presented with these great opportunities, I think, 'I really love being in my pajamas with the kids.'
I was an only child for 15 years and then this lovely present, Fred, came along. It was great - it meant I had my teenage years with a little one around.
One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.
It never really worked out for me in my own country. They said, 'You're not famous enough for the lead roles, and you're too present for the supporting roles - you'd overpower the lead.'
America, which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today, hardly stops to enjoy it, in her insatiable appetite for the future.
