Quotes about Shaped

Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression. Votes: 3

Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations. Votes: 3

May is a pious fraud of the almanac A ghastly parody of real Spring Shaped out of snow and breathed with eastern wind. Votes: 3

Home is so sad. It stays as it was left, / Shaped to the comfort of the last to go / As if to win them back Votes: 3

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character. Votes: 2

Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics. Votes: 2

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. Votes: 2

We are all born as empty vessels which can be shaped by moral values. Votes: 2

The many sounds of Memphis shaped my early musical career and continue to be an inspiration to this day. Votes: 2

We are either in the process of resisting God's truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth. Votes: 2

My mother, may her soul rest in peace, shaped my personality; thanks to her, I have acquired many values, good traits and skills. Votes: 2

It's important that people understand who I am and where I come from and not just have it shaped by purely political discourse. Votes: 2

I have really bad luck with my thumbs. It plagues me, actually. It drives me crazy! Both of them are very oddly shaped. Votes: 2

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. Votes: 2

Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words. Votes: 2

Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. It shaped who I am, and all of my hang-ups and my drives, I think, stem from that. Votes: 2

It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand. Votes: 2

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point. Votes: 2

My students often ask me, 'What is sociology?' And I tell them, 'It's the study of the way in which human beings are shaped by things that they don't see.' Votes: 2

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task. Votes: 2

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user. Votes: 2

Good intentions can often lead to unintended consequences. It is hard to imagine a law intended for the workforce known to Henry Ford can serve the needs of a workplace shaped by the innovations of Bill Gates. Votes: 2

A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. Votes: 2

Oprah is wildly successful, and she's a brilliant businesswoman. She's also somebody who's overcome a ton of demons in her own life, and that's really what shaped her. I think the same could be said for me. Votes: 2

I say nice things about Mariah all the time. I tell Mariah all the time how much of a fan I am of her. She's one of my favorite artists of all time... She's shaped a generation of singers. Votes: 2

Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me, a community whose failings drive me - drive my overwhelming desire to fight for social justice and equality. Votes: 2

Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day. Votes: 2

I have always loved and avidly read the novels of Jack London, Jules Verne and Ernest Hemingway. The characters depicted in their books, who are brave and resourceful people embarking on exciting adventures, definitely shaped my inner self and nourished my love for the outdoors. Votes: 2

I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There's not a chronological beginning, middle, and end structure. You build something in the editing room that's shaped by getting to know the person and digging deeper, unpeeling the layers of them as you get to know them. Votes: 2

You know, Nirvana used to start rehearsals with the three of us just jamming. For, like, a half an hour, just noise and freeform crap - and usually it was crap. But sometimes things would come from it, and some songs on Nevermind came from that, and 'Heart Shaped Box' and stuff on 'In Utero' just happened that way. Votes: 2

Happiness is dog-shaped, I say. Votes: 0

God's idea of redemption is community-shaped. Votes: 0

It all went a bit grape-shaped. Votes: 0

Segregation shaped me; education liberated me. Votes: 0

Life is shaped from the inside out. Votes: 0

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences Votes: 0

Attitude is greatly shaped by influence and association. Votes: 0

There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart. Votes: 0

Your destiny is shaped in your moments of decision. Votes: 0

Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. Votes: 0

We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence. Votes: 0

Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices. Votes: 0

God gives God-sized dreams to people with God-shaped hearts. Votes: 0

People think because I'm shaped this way, I'm scandalous Votes: 0

You fill a hungry place shaped like your darkness. Votes: 0

Laws and machines are shaped to fit the classes. Votes: 0

Reality is shaped by the forces that destroy it. Votes: 0

Our lives are shaped by those who love us Votes: 0

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love Votes: 0

Of course you know him. Everyone knows a pear-shaped man. Votes: 0

One of the troubles is this: the heart isn't heart-shaped. Votes: 0

The better shaped his product, the more misshapen the worker. Votes: 0

The world hangs like a heart-shaped locket around my neck. Votes: 0

The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted. Votes: 0

Your suffering is shaped exactly by your refusal to open. Votes: 0

Language shapes consciousness and from consciousness, our world is shaped. Votes: 0

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. Votes: 0

Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit. Votes: 0

The future doesn't just happen - it's shaped by decisions. Votes: 0

I'm a Sydney suburban boy shaped entirely by the western suburbs. Votes: 0

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me. Votes: 0

My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures. Votes: 0

Again with that slow, lordly smile. Perfectly shaped for Luc's fist. Votes: 0

The language of my books has shaped me as a man. Votes: 0

There is a God-shaped hole in the life of every man ... Votes: 0

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Votes: 0

Labels put people in boxes, and those boxes are shaped like coffins. Votes: 0

I think all of us are shaped by the choices we make. Votes: 0

What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow. Votes: 0

Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts. Votes: 0

The religion of the atheist has a God-shaped blank at it's heart..... Votes: 0

Why should a child's future be shaped by where they are born? Votes: 0

We all have a blind spot and it's shaped exactly like us. Votes: 0

There are no good or bad people, humans are shaped by culture. Votes: 0

The number one way culture is shaped is by what leaders model. Votes: 0

Our fate is shaped from within ourselves outward, never from without inward. Votes: 0

A condom is a rubber thing shaped like a wiener that hums. Votes: 0

Common sense is very uncommon. It is also shaped by your education. Votes: 0

You should always go where there is a 'you-shaped' hole in the world. Votes: 0

[Calvinistic tradition] has fashioned and shaped my thinking since I was a teenager. Votes: 0

There is a God-shaped vacuum in every man that only Christ can fill. Votes: 0

Real life is messy, and drama is a shaped version of real life. Votes: 0

I don't have to do anything. The character is shaped on the page. Votes: 0

A whole life can be shaped by an old trauma, remembered or not. Votes: 0

Our histories cling to us. We are shaped by where we come from. Votes: 0

Honesty, willingness to exert oneself, friendship - all these things shaped me too. Votes: 0

Human sexuality has been regulated and shaped by men to serve men's needs. Votes: 0

...others, with halos shaped like rollercoasters you'd stand in line to ride twice. Votes: 0

Fate is strange, and our destinies can be shaped by very small decisions. Votes: 0

Our lives are shaped not as much by our experiences as by our expectations. Votes: 0

Did you ever notice that America is shaped like one big, giant toilet bowl? Votes: 0

Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball. Votes: 0

My love is tube shaped. Don't let your dad stick his dick in it. Votes: 0

She was nice to him on Valentine's Day. She gave him a heart-shaped rash. Votes: 0

Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball. Votes: 0

Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear. Votes: 0

Golf has made me and shaped me into the person I am here today. Votes: 0

Each of us is shaped by the truth of our natures.Von to Silver Votes: 0

A reality shaped around your own desires -- there is something sociopathic in that ambition. Votes: 0

I think George W. Bush's personality was overwhelmingly shaped in negative ways by his upbringing. Votes: 0

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Votes: 0

Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity. Votes: 0

Everyone’s chest is a living room wall with awkwardly placed photographs hiding fist-shaped holes. Votes: 0

I guess I'm odd-looking. I'm skinny. But I'm not only skinny - I'm oddly shaped. Votes: 0

People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around. Votes: 0

Every bad thing that's happened to me has defined me, has shaped, has moulded me. Votes: 0

Yeah, Under The Table And Dreaming shaped the way that I think about writing songs. Votes: 0

A love relationship has always been shaped by the context and times we live in. Votes: 0

We picture love as heart-shaped because we do not know the shape of the soul. Votes: 0

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life. Votes: 0

Being a reporter took me out of myself and that shaped me as a writer. Votes: 0

We shape our self to fit this world and by the world are shaped again Votes: 0

I went to school at a place that also shaped my life, Boston Latin School. Votes: 0

The military is a meritocracy. It's an up or out. It's shaped like a pyramid. Votes: 0

Pure Christianity, instead of being shaped by its environment, actually stands in sharp opposition to it. Votes: 0

Keep in mind that television, magazines, movies, and even newspapers rarely show images of average-shaped bodies. Votes: 0

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by it. Votes: 0

Comics can be pernicious, fascist propaganda or anti-authoritarian. The ones that shaped me were particularly anti-authoritarian. Votes: 0

I love showing my scar on my tummy - it is shaped like a question mark. Votes: 0

In the end it will be your ActionsConvictions& Thoughtswhich will determine how you shaped your life. Votes: 0

But square-cut or pear-shaped, These rocks don't lose their shape. Diamonds are a girl's best friend. Votes: 0

All birds need to fly are the right-shaped wings, the right pressure and the right angle. Votes: 0

There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase Votes: 0

Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force. Votes: 0

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing. Votes: 0

Rich people are just like us though they now eat their meals off square shaped plates. Votes: 0

I am drawn to the ways in which we are shaped by people and by place. Votes: 0

The world is shaped by two things — stories told and the memories they leave behind. Votes: 0

Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics. Votes: 0

My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped. Votes: 0

Potentially evil. Potentially good, too, I suppose. Just this huge powerful potentiality waiting to be shaped. Votes: 0

I personally adore origin stories - they're so intriguing, learning what shaped and formed a character. Votes: 0

I like shaped things. I like shape in things, and I do overshape things, it's true. Votes: 0

The world is shaped by different people with certain personalities that come out of different upbringings. Votes: 0

How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be. Votes: 0

Language, identity and forms of life are the terms in which political demands are shaped and voiced. Votes: 0

Learning is a process where knowledge is presented to us, then shaped through understanding, discussion and reflection. Votes: 0

The imagination is the workshop of the soul, where all the plans for individual achievement are shaped. Votes: 0

Deep inside, we still have a longing to be reconnected with the nature that shaped our imagination Votes: 0

Character no longer is shaped by only two earnest, fumbling experts. Now all the world's a sage. Votes: 0

If you are what you eat, then you are shaped by what you share as you eat. Votes: 0

God is beautiful. His beauty demands a response that is shaped that beauty, and that is art. Votes: 0

Don't regret your past...It has shaped you. Don't fear your future...It is yours to shape. Votes: 0

I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer. Votes: 0

Most people want so desperately to be an individual yet are so easily shaped by the media. Votes: 0

The richness of an artist is the fusion of influences that have shaped his life and work. Votes: 0

The hands of Fate keep time on a heart-shaped watch." - Harkat Mulds(The Trials of Death) Votes: 0

You were born with your legs apart. They'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin. Votes: 0

If the gas pedal on your car is shaped like a bare foot, you might be a redneck. Votes: 0

I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools. Votes: 0

We can accept and embrace our pasts as part of the path that shaped who we are now. Votes: 0

Christianity and Islam, they have the same morals, same lifestyle, some of the same stories that shaped them. Votes: 0

A wonderful story collection set between one place and another and shaped by a fearless sense of comedy. Votes: 0

I have paid as much as $300 a night to throw up into a sink shaped like a seashell. Votes: 0

That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views. Votes: 0

Our lives are shaped by those who love us as well as those who refuse to love us.... Votes: 0

What you experience as "reality," including your physical body and aging, is shaped by your habits of perception. Votes: 0

Our Headmaster is taking a short break," said Professor McGonagall, pointing at the Snape-shaped hole in the window. Votes: 0

Our relationships are nourished and shaped by the commitment we express through our actions. Don't just speak; ACT! Votes: 0

Man not only survives and functions in his environment, he shapes it and he is shaped by it. Votes: 0

Failures . . . believe that their lives are shaped by circumstances ... by things that happen to them ... by exterior forces. Votes: 0

My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport. Votes: 0

Man is a marble piece; unlike Michelangelo's masterpieces, man is unconsciously carved and imperfectly shaped by the nature Votes: 0

... where I walked, the frost shaped itself to my will, dancing in the air like music over water. Votes: 0

I felt I'd earned the Good Housekeeping Seal when I designed an oval-shaped spaghetti pot, because spaghetti is long. Votes: 0

The shadow past is shaped by everything that never happened. Invisible, it melts the present like rain through karst. Votes: 0

What is really momentous and all-important with us is the present, by which the future is shaped and colored. Votes: 0

The general plot of life is sometimes shaped by the different ways genuine intelligence combines with equally genuine ignorance. Votes: 0

Valentine's Day is different for old people. At this age I receive chocolates in boxes shaped like artificial hearts. Votes: 0

Childhood is the fiery furnace in which we are melted down to essentials and that essential shaped for good. Votes: 0

Feelings come and go, unless you don't feel them. Then they stay, and hurt, and grow pear-shaped and weird. Votes: 0

Even when it was easy, music's patterning shaped the emotions . . . Music proclaimed an orderly universe, promised a better place. Votes: 0

I'm a free spirit and that definitely comes from my upbringing, so it's definitely shaped me as an artist. Votes: 0

A gasline will help shape our economic future - the same way that oil has shaped our economic present. Votes: 0

He seemed like the sort to have a vast arsenal of smirks, shaped over a decade of nonverbal conversation. Votes: 0

Life is pain. War is change. The raw materials of life hammered and shaped into something with a purpose. Votes: 0

I have a magnificent chin and a long, odd-shaped face. As a result, I always look better in collars. Votes: 0

We see things not as they are, but as we are. Our perception is shaped by our precious experiences. Votes: 0

Our future will be shaped by the assumptions we make about who we are and what we can be. Votes: 0

At the centre of every human being is a God-shaped vacuum which can only be filled by Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work. Votes: 0

I have offered myself to the inkwell of the wordsmith that I might be shaped into new terms of being. Votes: 0

He is purple - the gay-pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle - the gay pride symbol. Votes: 0

My relationship, my friendships with Grateful Dead, has shaped me. Our house is a shrine to all our musical heroes. Votes: 0

Those lessons that I got along the way are the ones that have shaped my life for the last 20 years. Votes: 0

The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse. Votes: 0

Gardens... should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves. Votes: 0

The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of a writer. Votes: 0

I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my taste and the way I sing. Votes: 0

After claws and feathers, he took skin and bone, shaped it like an hour glass and made the angels moan. Votes: 0

The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an angel's wing. Votes: 0

Our brain is continuously being shaped - we can take more responsibility for our own brain by cultivating positive influences. Votes: 0

Values are shaped and refined by rubbing against real problems, and people interpret their problems according to the values they hold. Votes: 0

The drug culture has shaped at least one major change since the Sixties; It became the basis for overloading our prisons. Votes: 0

The Doors embodied"”incarnated"”a major upheaval in popular culture. Their music was of the times and it shaped the times. Votes: 0

The Same organizing forces that have shaped nature in all her forms are also responsible for the structure of our minds. Votes: 0

Class is something I know about. I've lived it every day of my life, and it shaped me in my identity. Votes: 0

Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community - the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study. Votes: 0

Yeah, but I forgot to take my George Orwell-shaped multivitamins along with my breakfast bowl of Big Brother Os this morning. Votes: 0

I did The Frank Skinner Show, and they gave me a little jukebox-shaped CD player, which looks nice in the kitchen. Votes: 0

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children. Votes: 0

I had to face the facts, I was pear-shaped. I was a bit depressed because I hate pears. 'Specially their shape. Votes: 0

To me, it wasn't 'Star Wars' that shaped me; it was more 'Mary Tyler Moore' and, nowadays, 'Louie' and 'Girls.' Votes: 0

Nature shaped the claw to trap, and the tooth to kill, but the thorn...the thorn's only purpose is to hurt. Votes: 0

Don't be shaped by regret, disappointment, fear of the future, resentment and the like. The Lord's joy is your strength. Enjoy it. Votes: 0

Its consistency of what comedy can do and what comedy can be.Growing up with that show [The Simpsons] shaped my worldview. Votes: 0

I became a degenerate artist. My parents were shaped by their own experiences, and artists weren't so useful in the death camps. Votes: 0

Yes, I've now got this nice little apartment in New York, one of those L-shaped ones. Unfortunately, it's a lower case l. Votes: 0

I think there's probably a God-shaped hole in everybody's being. Even if God only exists in people's minds, He's still a force. Votes: 0

We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers. Votes: 0

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances. Votes: 0

The Cold War was really the great struggle of the 20th Century and it shaped American political life from top to bottom. Votes: 0

But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands. Votes: 0

That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow, thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone! Votes: 0

As a historian, what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it. Votes: 0

It isn't fair that there's pressure exerted on those who choose to live on the edges of the bell-shaped curve of normal. Votes: 0

I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player. Votes: 0

Lion's mane mushrooms are not your classic-looking cap-and-stem variety. These globular-shaped mushrooms sport cascading teeth-like spines rather than the more common gills. Votes: 0

It was like removing layers of crumpled brown paper from an awkwardly shaped parcel, and revealing the attractive present which it contained. Votes: 0

I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point. Votes: 0

Even a documentary portrait of a person that tries to be very accurate is shaped by the filmmaker in so many ways. Votes: 0

Modern Americans - shaped by raucous politics and a rapacious media - like to think of themselves as experts in confronting mistakes. Votes: 0

A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion. Votes: 0

I believe that I definitely developed into a refined and graceful woman due to ballet. It has shaped me in every way. Votes: 0

A work of morality, politics, criticism will be more elegant, other things being equal, if it is shaped by the hand of geometry. Votes: 0

Pastors must practice a two-fold program of cultural engagement: deconstruction and demystification of cultural idols, and reconstruction and re-enchantment of a gospel-shaped worldview." Votes: 0

We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard defining edges. Votes: 0

Authors as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, E. Nesbit, and J. R. R. Tolkien have shaped modern paganism as greatly as any theological underpinnings. Votes: 0

Energy and consciousness are in a continual state of interaction: energy is shaped and directed by consciousness which is itself driven by energy. Votes: 0

We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges. Votes: 0

A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there. Votes: 0

Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought! Votes: 0

I saw that there are people who will connive against innovation. They're hostile to it. And that has shaped my behavior ever since. Votes: 0

Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication. Votes: 0

I always wanted to make a cover album consisting of obscure psychedelic music from the 1960s - all re-shaped and customized, Ulver style. Votes: 0

Strong affections for God, rooted in and shaped by the truth of Scripture - this is the bone and marrow of Biblical worship. Votes: 0

I was lucky enough to come in at the beginning of the independent film movement and its really shaped my life and career. Votes: 0

Life is made of the past, present and the future. We're shaped by our past, and we're shaping our future with our present. Votes: 0

Florida, just because you're shaped like some combination of a gun and a d*ck doesn't mean you have to act that way. Votes: 0

Our minds are shaped by the books we read. Our characters, by the people we meet. Our spirits by the love we give. Votes: 0

I said nothing for a time, just ran my fingertips along the edge of the human-shaped emptiness that had been left inside me. Votes: 0

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Votes: 0

I think a lot of a man's outlook in life - at least mine - is shaped by his relationship with his father. Votes: 0

I sell Jarod-shaped earplugs that just may plug up the hole in your heart. My earplugs are modeled after a nude Helen Keller. Votes: 0

There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take. Votes: 0

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited. Votes: 0

Trees shaped like deer should not be ridden like benches if they get stuck up in other trees. No hunting farming allowed. Fishing only. Votes: 0

The Elephant Man claimed his head was big because, it's so full of dreams. Actually, it's because his skull was shaped like a turkey. Votes: 0

P40- this violence, as a process, is perpetuated from generation to generation of oppressors, who become its heirs and are shaped by it. Votes: 0

What is the shape of love? Is it shaped like you? For me it is, but for you maybe it is shaped like me. Votes: 0

Come to think of it, just about every tool was shaped like either a weenie or a pistol, depending on your point of view. Votes: 0

In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle their differences. Votes: 0

Silver is purified in fire and so are we. It is in the most trying times that our real character is shaped and revealed. Votes: 0

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited Votes: 0

I don't wanna be shaped like a girl. I love being shaped like a woman, and trust me ladies, your man won't mind either. Votes: 0

I think I just inhaled a cloud shaped like the ghost of my grandpa, and all I have to say is grandma smelled better. Votes: 0

There was some sadness in how that could happen, falling out of love with something that had shaped you. Or even people who had. Votes: 0

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. Votes: 0

Every struggle in your past has shaped you into the person you are today. Take God's hand and step into your future without fear. Votes: 0

If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal. Votes: 0

Our biggest problem is that we have an entire culture shaped by a misunderstanding of the gospel. That so-called gospel is deconstructing the church Votes: 0

My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood. Votes: 0

You have no choice but to operate in a world shaped by globalization and the information revolution. There are two options: adapt or die. Votes: 0

At commencement you wear your square-shaped mortarboards.My hope is that from time to time you will let your minds be bold, and wear sombreros. Votes: 0

Consider the bloody history of Europe: there was a great aspiration for high culture, yet this very same culture was shaped by brutality and barbarism. Votes: 0

Why are we doing all these handstands, backbends and arm balances? I don't know why we're doing them unless our lives are shaped and changed. Votes: 0

I think - particularly in terms of the destiny of Africans in North America - our destiny has also been shaped indelibly by global alliances. Votes: 0

I mean, yeah, maybe our fate is sometimes fixed and unchangeable, but there are other times when its shaped purely by the actions we take... Votes: 0

Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose. Votes: 0

But all morality is of necessity shaped by context. I'm not talking relativism, no. To ignore the context of a decision is in fact immoral. Votes: 0

A sex trophy should be functional, and shaped like a dildo, yet decorative, and shaped like Ben Bernanke. Insert it in your ass as desired. Votes: 0

Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place. Votes: 0

My major aim was to shape a book which would make its own comment, a wordless statement: to talk through the way it was shaped. Votes: 0

When you come out of the other end of a long process, working with a character [you realize] this character has really shaped my ideas. Votes: 0

The true nature of the gods is that of magical images shaped out of the astral plane by mankind's thought, and influenced by the mind. Votes: 0

The destiny of the woman must be shaped to a large extent on her own conception of her spiritual imperative and her place in society. Votes: 0

The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court. Votes: 0

The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court. Votes: 0

Eyes are shaped like leaves, mouths are shaped like leaves, and goodbyes are shaped like leaves. But my love, that is shaped like a tree. Votes: 0

That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite. Votes: 0

My son really has the spirit of Valentine's Day. When he was in college, he used to send his mother a heart-shaped box of laundry. Votes: 0

I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it. Votes: 0

A...reason we are so-so scientists is that our brains were shaped for fitness, not for truth. Sometimes truth is adaptive, but sometimes it is not. Votes: 0

And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over. -Rose Votes: 0

I have discovered that a screw-shaped device such as this, if it is well made from starched linen, will rise in the air if turned quickly. Votes: 0

The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962. Votes: 0

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.- Henry Ward Beecher - I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. Votes: 0

Unlike the older, more humanly shaped arts, which begin with a seed and accumulate their form organically, photography clips its substance out of an actual continuum. Votes: 0

A new dress. Is this all it takes to make a new beginning, this shred of dyed cloth, shaped into the form of a woman's body? Votes: 0

The doll had an adult shaped body, the thing that I had been trying to describe for years, and our guys said it couldn't be done. Votes: 0

Our spoken word first hammers a thing desired into shape. Our continued spoken word brings this shaped substance forth and clothes it with a visible body. Votes: 0

I started playing in bars when I was about 15 years old, and there are things that I saw early on that really shaped who I am. Votes: 0

A Christian understanding of the world sees a child's character not as genetically determined but as shaped to a significant degree by parental discipleship and discipline. Votes: 0

If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management. Votes: 0

Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult life. Votes: 0

My brain is divided into two butterflies, and both are in love with your rose-shaped heart. If you've got the garden, I've got my whole life. Votes: 0

One Indian-inspired favourite of mine is mashed potato mixed with lemon juice, breadcrumbs, coriander and chilli, shaped into patties, fried and served with chutney and yoghurt. Votes: 0

Love born of anxiety resembles a thorn shaped so that efforts to pull it out of one's flesh merely cause it to penetrate more deeply therein. Votes: 0

Teachers and women have one important thing in common; every man and woman that is born into this world is shaped by a teacher or a woman Votes: 0

Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened a world. Votes: 0

It was lemon verbena day, so the house was filled with a sweet-tart scent that conjured images of picnic blankets and white clouds shaped like true-love hearts. Votes: 0

I think the other thing that shaped me a little bit is that I really didn't have any success in music until my early to mid-30s. Votes: 0

No idea for a new growth business ever comes fully shaped. When it emerges, it's half-baked, and it then goes through a process of becoming fully shaped. Votes: 0

My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify. Votes: 0

Your destiny is shaped by choice, never by chance. Beware the decisions you make, no matter how small, for they will be your salvation...or your death. Votes: 0

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates. Votes: 0

Every policy is shaped by two forces: background analysis and foreground politics. The political forces are loud, self-serving and, in the case of energy policy, well known. Votes: 0

A mind is so closely shaped by the body and destined to serve it that only one mind could possibly arise in it. No body, never mind. Votes: 0

Oxygen flooded into the atmosphere as a pollutant, even a poison, until natural selection shaped living things to thrive on the stuff and, indeed, suffocate without it. Votes: 0

Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true. Votes: 0

In order to look special wearing the chancy unique; it must be worn with your persona, and if the two don't blend, then the look becomes pear-shaped. Votes: 0

It's not enough simply to record the way people actually talk. The dialogue must be concentrated, shaped, dramatically moving, in a way that real-life conversation seldom is. Votes: 0

I come from food the way some people come from money. Food was the medium I grew up in, what we talked about, what shaped our days. Votes: 0

I'm convinced we all have a God-shaped space in us, and until we fill that space with God, we'll never know what it is to be whole. Votes: 0

I listened to the bells on the doorand stole more than enough bottles for myselfto understand that everyone's chestis a living room wallwith awkwardly placed photographshiding fist-shaped holes. Votes: 0

Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to failure. Votes: 0

Life is sometimes novel-shaped, mocking the efforts of those authors who, in an effort to make their novels life-shaped, spurn the easy symmetry and cheap resonance of reality. Votes: 0

We must get back to a very strong Christianity... Christianity shaped America and England, and we need to get back to those moral foundations that made us great. Votes: 0

Like their personal lives, women's history is fragmented, interrupted; a shadow history of human beings whose existence has been shaped by the efforts and the demands of others. Votes: 0

Country music, the music of the white rural working class, has often been mocked by elitists whose understanding of power and art was shaped at expensive private schools. Votes: 0

There are powdered salts, chunked salts, salts shaped in different ways with various additives to work perfectly with processed foods. All of them are geared to increase allure. Votes: 0

Footnote: 79) The anchor is gigantic and must weigh a hundred tons, and -- delightfully -- it really is anchor-shaped, i.e. the same shape as anchors in tattoos. Votes: 0

How women view religion's role in society is shaped more by their own country's culture and context than one monolithic view that religion is simply bad for women. Votes: 0

The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is a punishment that is shaped by the constraints of poverty, race, geography and local politics. Votes: 0

Long Island is shaped the way it is largely because of Robert Moses. Long Island is a perfect example of how political power shapes people's lives every day. Votes: 0

I have an oval-shaped scar on the knuckle of my right index finger from crashing my hand through a light fixture while practicing Elvis Presley moves in college. Votes: 0

What shaped me the most would probably be when my dad passed away. For the rest of my life, I'll kind of feel like he's gonna come home. Votes: 0

In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside. Votes: 0

Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America. Votes: 0

It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand. Votes: 0

What is beauty? Is it the way her body's shaped, or the way she's dressed? But if the whole world was blind, how many people would you impress? Votes: 0

Our waiting is not nothing. It is something -- a very big something -- because people tend to be shaped by whatever it is they are waiting for. Votes: 0

I've always been really interested in how people's identities are shaped by where they come from and how they want to get away from where they come from. Votes: 0

We are dependent not so much on Earth, the third planet orbiting the sun, as on Gaea, the integrated system that includes, sustains and is shaped by life. Votes: 0

India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am. ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India. Votes: 0

It struck me that our history is contained in the home we live in, that we are shaped by the ability of these simple structures to resist being defiled Votes: 0

Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible. Votes: 0

Judges have to have the humility to recognize that they operate within a system of precedent, shaped by other judges equally striving to live up to the judicial oath. Votes: 0

Authentic power is the energy that Is formed by the intentions of the Soul. It is the light shaped by the intentions of love and compassion guided by wisdom Votes: 0

My battles with addiction definitely shaped how I am now. They really made me deeply appreciate human contact. And the value of friends and family, how precious that is. Votes: 0

If there is an abiding theme in 'The Pursuit of Happiness,' it is the idea that you come into the world already shaped by other people's past histories. Votes: 0

It says 'Bet you were expecting a heart, shaped like a compass' Jack paused and pulled the note off the bow tie. And then he drew a frowny face. Votes: 0

Good writing is almost the concomitant of good history. Literature and history were joined long since by the powers which shaped the human brain; we cannot put them asunder. Votes: 0

Our lives are shaped as profoundly by personality as by gender or race. And the single most important aspect of personality ... is where we fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum. Votes: 0

It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine. Votes: 0

The fact of simultaneously being Christian and having as my mother tongue Arabic, the holy language of Islam, is one of the basic paradoxes that have shaped my identity. Votes: 0

This Great God, Like a mammy bending over her baby, Kneeled down in the dust Toiling over a lump of clay Till He shaped it in His own image. Votes: 0

There is a special sadness in achievement, in the knowledge that a long-desired goal has been attained at last, and that life must now be shaped toward new ends. Votes: 0

We need to cultivate hearts that are ready to change, ready to be mounded and shaped by the loving hands of God as we offer ourselves wholeheartedly in worship. Votes: 0

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus. Votes: 0

Thou art moist and soft clay; thou must instantly be shaped by the glowing wheel. [Lat., Udum et molle lutum es: nunc, nunc properandus et acri Fingendus sine fine rota.] Votes: 0

A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot. Votes: 0

His pear-shaped head, I could now see, was situated on top of a pear-shaped body, which his black gown caused to resemble a piece of fruit going to a funeral. Votes: 0

I don't go for the so-called "intimate" stuff. Column items that report: "Minerva Ferncroft sleeps in pink dusting powder between puce-colored sheets in a heart-shaped bed." It leaves me cold. Votes: 0

Brexit has shrunk the market opportunities. Exiting trade deals will do the same for the U.S. Those deals must be actively shaped and governed to make growth more inclusive. Votes: 0

I think that I'm so fortunate to have found classical ballet. It completely changed my life and it shaped the person that I am today, on and off the stage. Votes: 0

If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men's defenses and explode silently and effectually within their minds. Votes: 0

Harvard has played an important role in my life. I was a student, Class of 1936, and I've been on the board of overseers. My experiences there shaped who I am. Votes: 0

Most of us, when asked to gauge the richness of our lives, think immediately of people. Those who have cried with us, laughed with us, and shaped who we are. Votes: 0

Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is our legacy. Insight is our gift. Memory is our guide Votes: 0

In what a forge and what a heat were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock; 'Tis of the wave and not the rock. Votes: 0

Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present-day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation. Votes: 0

Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present-day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation. Votes: 0

If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to give up some personal freedom. Votes: 0

From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our national culture and our national character. Votes: 0

I started listening to the Cure around the time I discovered Joy Division and, like Joy Division, they have shaped my taste in all sorts of dark and dreary ways. Votes: 0

Many of the most important and life-changing moments of my life occurred when I was a young man. The lessons I learned then formed my character and shaped my destiny. Votes: 0

When small drops began to fall and darken the world in penny-shaped circles, no one around him scurried for cover. For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched. Votes: 0

You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities. Votes: 0

One of the reasons people like romances is that they're artificially shaped to give a pattern and meaning. It's not as messy as everyday life or as difficult or thorny. Votes: 0

I knitted a sweater to look like a swimming bird, and pretty soon the whole world looked like it tasted like duck soup. My love is coffee-shaped and without chug. Votes: 0

When they finished laughing they were on their way to being not just friends, but the dearest of friends, the sort of friends whose lives are shaped by the friendship. Votes: 0

It is true that the present is powerfully shaped by the past. But it is also true that ... insight at any age keeps us from singing the same sad songs again. Votes: 0

My criticism hasn't necessarily been informed by the critics I've read. The conversations I've had with friends and fellow musicians have shaped my thinking more than the work of any critic. Votes: 0

I have a cultural background that's shaped in England, France and Germany. Bringing that in is nice, in terms of how an actor plays a role or speaks in an interview. Votes: 0

. . . our lives are shaped by our interactions with others. Whether we have a long conversation with a friend or simply place an order at a restaurant, every interaction makes a difference. Votes: 0

Each of us has a God-shaped space within us. Only God can fill that space. But we run ourselves ragged trying to find things other than God to fill it with. Votes: 0

It's wonderful to look back and think you were part of a force that shaped modern music and influenced the public in so many ways. However, that's all in the past. Votes: 0

Most of us did not learn when we were young that our capacity to be self-loving would be shaped by the work we do and whether that work enhances our well-being. Votes: 0

I think architecture is rarely the product of a single ideology. It's more like it can be shaped by a really big idea. It can accommodate a lot of life forms. Votes: 0

A gentleman is not born but crafted. He had to work on himself in the same way as a sculptor shaped a rough stone and made it a thing of beauty. Votes: 0

The future is shaped by young people foolish enough to believe they can topple a mountain. And yet, when we stand among the rubble, we wonder why no one tried sooner. Votes: 0

I was shaped by the heroes in the films I saw, which you always want to emulate and be like. I wanted to be like Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart. Votes: 0

Success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit.... They confound the brilliance of the firmament with the star-shaped footprints of a duck in the mud. Votes: 0

For 20 years I've had the privilege of representing Canada around the globe... first on the bike and then on my blades. The experiences have shaped me into who I am today. Votes: 0

I went solo because I could do much better what I wanted to do. I didn't have to ask or discuss things and ideas that are already shaped in my head. Votes: 0

I am a disaster magnet. I came home from our first anniversary vacation with jellyfish stings, a puncture wound from a wrought iron pineapple and a cork-shaped bruise in my cleavage. Votes: 0

I really wanted to support this campaign because I love heart shaped glasses. Seriously though, I've never hit anyone. I'm anti-violence full stop. Against women, against men, against animals. Against anything. Votes: 0

Success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit.... They confound the brilliance of the firmament with the star-shaped footprints of a duck in the mud." Votes: 0

We live in a world populated by structures - a complex mixture of geological, biological, social, and linguistic constructions that are nothing but accumulations of materials shaped and hardened by history Votes: 0

Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue. Votes: 0

Picture this," said Magnus. "Me with a little monkey friend. I could teach him tricks. I could dress him in a cunning jacket. He could look just like me! But more monkey-shaped. Votes: 0

But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamped, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; Votes: 0

Your past forms you, whether you like it or not. Each encounter and experience has its own effect, and you're shaped the way the wind shapes a mesquite tree on a plain. Votes: 0

Faith greatly shaped America's role in the world. We are a country that embodies the Bible verse from Luke chapter 12, verse 48 "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded." Votes: 0

Even though I don't sing any more, singing was my first education in the arts, and it's clear to me that my training as a musician also shaped me as a writer. Votes: 0

Difficult, say you? Difficult to be a man of virtue, truly good, shaped and fashioned without flaw in the perfect figure of four-squared excellence, in body and mind, in act and thought? Votes: 0

I waited for the train at Coventry; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires; and there I shaped The city's ancient legend into this. Votes: 0

Every person from your past lives as a shadow in your mind. Good or bad, they all helped you write the story of your life, and shaped the person you are today." Votes: 0

Most things in my life I had before leaving home. Values, support, great family. I was shaped at an early age. A musician playing guitar, I wanted to be a folk singer. Votes: 0

Human bodies are words, myriads of words, (In the best poems re-appears the body, man's or woman's, well-shaped, natural, gay, Every part able, active, receptive, without shame or the need of shame.) Votes: 0

317 is a prime, not because we think so, or because our minds are shaped in one way rather than another, but because it is so, because mathematical reality is built that way. Votes: 0

Ian sighed wanly. "I once had the means to be gaga over art"“before I found myself in a country where the standard of beauty is toaster waffles shaped like cartoon characters. Votes: 0

He looked at her with his green don't-lie-to-me-woman eyes and Scarlet dropped her guilty gaze to the mahogany desktop, searching around until she found a paperweight shaped like a pyramid to stare at. Votes: 0

History, rather than following a predictable path from the past to the present, is like a meander: a twisting and turning stream shaped over time by a combination of obvious and imperceptible forces. Votes: 0

As the pleasure principle is unconstrained by a moral compass based on a respect for others, it is increasingly shaped by the need for intense excitement and a never-ending flood of heightened sensations. Votes: 0

Music has shaped men's fashion and transposed in a playful and witty manner its riding or military heritage. It is difficult to figure out who leads but music and fashion are connected genetically. Votes: 0

People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite. Votes: 0

In the end we had the pieces of the puzzle, but no matter how we put them together, gaps remained, oddly shaped emptinesses mapped by what surrounded them, like countries we couldn't name. Votes: 0

I rejoice when I hear of young men of virtue and talents, worthy to receive and likely to preserve the splendid inheritance of self- government, which we have acquired and shaped for them. Votes: 0

Music has shaped men's fashion, and transposed in a playful and witty manner its riding or military heritage. It is difficult to figure out who leads, but music and fashion are connected genetically. Votes: 0

Ludlow....is probably the loveliest town in England with its hill of Georgian houses ascending from the river Teme to the great tower of the cross-shaped church, rising behind a classic market building. Votes: 0

By God's design, I believe our hearts and minds are shaped by Story. It's how we learn. It's how we make sense of the world. Characters, situations, moral consequences are all around us. Votes: 0

Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry. Votes: 0

At the end of our lives it is our loves we remember most, because they are what shaped us. We have grown to be who we are around them, as around a stake. Votes: 0

The stems stood tall and straight, one series arranged in a single line, the other in a crudely shaped heart, the final one in the shape of the letter U. I love you. Votes: 0

In many of my books, I explore the ways in which grandparents or other older persons are shaped by the young, and the young are shaped by the old, in an evolving dance. Votes: 0

I was brought up on a farm in Southwest France, eating farm-fresh produce three times a day. It was paradise on Earth, and it shaped my eating habits and my sense of taste. Votes: 0

For me, photographs take their power from memory and emotion. A picture tells its own story, shaped by the mood or insights of the person you are at the time you see it. Votes: 0

I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John's in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown. Votes: 0

That's what time does: We stand stubbornly like rocks while it flows all around us, believing that we are immutable - and all the time we're being carved, and shaped, and whittled away. Votes: 0

I'd say my religious life has shaped my worldview; my writing, I'd say too, is an extension of the pulpit...it reaches folks who don't care for organized religion in a different way. Votes: 0

We have Not one In common No two Are shaped alike The third Because of that eye we lack In the fourth Direction there is hope The fifth Is at the heart -Orihime Inoue Votes: 0

Woman has always been man's dependent, if not his slave; the two sexes have never shaped the world in equality. And even today woman is heavily handicapped, though her situation is beginning to change. Votes: 0

Whenever we see something that we want to create, the first thing we bump into is these beliefs (reasons) that have shaped our experience thus far. And so the battle ensues. Possibilities vs. Limitations. Votes: 0

Know, Goodwife, that Faerie is shaped by storytellers. Their fantasies, their dreams give my realm life. We were dying, all of us, from the smallest nixie to highborn sidhe, for want of a storyteller. Votes: 0

I used to say, 'There is a God-shaped hole in me.' For a long time I stressed the absence, the hole. Now I find it is the shape which has become more important. Votes: 0

Some truths should perhaps be left unsaid. Some doors unopened. An angel once told me to let go of the ills I held too close, to let go of the flaws that shaped me. Votes: 0

My life has been centered around sports. It is where I have met my closest friends and shaped the values that have made me a successful athlete, student and role model for young people. Votes: 0

When you take a photo, you often take your own reality into your camera - the reality that you shaped in your mind - and not the real reality over there, whatever it is! Votes: 0

We are all connected and operate within living fields of thought and perception. The world is not fixed but is in constant flux; accordingly, the future is not fixed, and so can be shaped. Votes: 0

Never become too busy for your brother or your sister. For when your parents die, it is your hearts alone that will realize how the joys and pains of family have shaped your lives. Votes: 0

So much of western self-perception and intellectual worldview has been shaped by the moral rhetoric of the Cold War, the discourse in which communism featured as a clear enemy, determined to rule the world. Votes: 0

My passion for others and my experience as an actor and citizen of the world has naturally shaped me into a social and political activist who finds fulfillment from their work with meaningful organizations. Votes: 0

Take Bach or Schubert: Their music was dedicated to God but filled and shaped their worldly lives. If you are a committed atheist, you lean back and miss all the richness of that history. Votes: 0

To become a novelist, the most crucial thing one must do is read, read and read again - gradually you begin to think like a writer. Ideas are not found - they are shaped. Votes: 0

When I think of my work, I'm aware that I'm American and African at all points and times. And without a doubt, my experience and understanding of America was shaped by having immigrant parents. Votes: 0

Obama has little or nothing to do with the civil-rights movement. His roots are in Kenya, and he is shaped far more by anti-colonialism than by anything that Martin Luther King said or did. Votes: 0

The citadel of Machaerus rose east of the Dead Sea on a basalt Peak shaped like a cone, girdled by four deep valleys; two about its sides, one in front, and the fourth behind. Votes: 0

nothing she did or said was quite what she meant but still her life could be called a monument shaped in a slant of available light and set to the movement of possible music Votes: 0

My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too. Votes: 0

Stephen Schlesinger's Act of Creation tells a dazzling story of the dramatic events that have shaped the world in which we live. Never has a book been more relevant to present dangers and future hopes. Votes: 0

More and more research is suggesting that, far from being simply encoded in the genes, much of personality is a flexible and dynamic thing that changes over the life span and is shaped by experience. Votes: 0

I'm working on something that's not yet novel-shaped but is something of a film-noir-flavored 'Alice in Wonderland.' It will also very likely be a single volume story and not the start of a series. Votes: 0

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds. Votes: 0

My feet are completely flat, but for most of my life they were still shaped like feet. Now, thanks to bunions, they're shaped more like states, wide boring ones that nobody wants to drive through. Votes: 0

Not one person would admit that they didn't want me to wear a bikini because of their aesthetic preference - a preference that is shaped by our cultural perceptions of what is and isn't beautiful. Votes: 0

What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent from the authorities, founded and shaped by the working people themselves. Votes: 0