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"Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled. Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing."
"Pull the thorn of existence out of the heart! Fast! For when you do, you will see thousands of rose gardens in yourself."
"The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses."
"The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence."
"I'd love to have the whole place swimming in roses"
"I remember the first thing I did when I found out I was illegal was to get rid of my thick Filipino accent. I figured that I had to talk white and talk black at the same time, like Charlie Rose and Dr. Dre. If I can talk white and black then no one is ever going to think that I'm "illegal.""
"The scenery of mountains painted on the ever-changing azure canvas of the sky, the mysterious mechanism of the human body, the rose, the green grass carpet, the magnanimity of souls, the loftiness of minds, the depth of love - all these things remind us of a God who is beautiful and noble."
"There is more evidence that Jesus rose from the dead than there is that Julius Caesar ever lived or that Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three."
"At Christmas, I no more desire a rose."
"There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence."
"I felt that there could be some anger. There could be some frustration that he has the tendency to take over the room, but I wanted all of those things to show in the grays of her hair and the fact that her hips are much wider than they probably were when she met him. I wanted it to show in the fact that her hair is not done up all the time. I wanted it to be a part of that every day that wasn't in your face. Because then for me, that's overacting. To me, that's not "being." I wanted Rose [in "Fences"] to be many things."
"If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said."
"I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses. I too have been covered with thorns."
"What you have despised in yourself as a thorn opens into a rose."
"We've got no hate for each other [in the band Stone Roses], and we never have."
"By what sort of experience are we led to the conviction that spirit exists? On the whole, by searching, painful experience. The rose Religion grows on a thorn-bush, and we must not be afraid to have our fingers lacerated by the thorns if we would pluck the rose."
"Love is a rose But you better not pick it. It only grows When it's on the vine. Handful of thorns And you'll know you missed it. You lose your love When you say the word MINE."
"The first thing I ever wanted to be was a backup singer for Guns 'n' Roses."
"Perez Hilton is an irritating wasp in the beautiful rose garden that is my life."
"Try leaving a trail of little sparks of gratitude on your daily trips. You will be surprised how they will set small flames of friendship that will be rose beacons on your next visit."
