“Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East - I want to embrace these people with my music. I will try so hard for them. Their president is a Christian, their prime minister is a Muslim. Music is for everyone.” PeopleWantTryingHeartHardChristianBeautifulPresidentMiddleMusic IsEmbraceEastMinistersPrimeMiddle EastPrime Minister Author:Mstislav Rostropovich
“When in such sadness I earnestly elevated my spirit into God and locked my whole heart and mind along with all my thoughts and will therein, ceaselessly pressing in with God's Love and Mercy, and not to cease until he blessed me? then after some hard storms my spirit broke through hell's gates into the inmost birth of the Godhead, and there I was embraced with Love as a bridegroom embraces his dear bride.” MindHeartHardWholeSpiritHellSadnessBirthMercyBlessedEmbraceDearStormCeaseBrokeGatesLockedMy ThoughtsHeart And MindBridesGod's LoveBridegroom Author:Jakob Bohme
“When the enemy enthusiastically embraces you, and the fellow countrymen bitterly reject you, it is hard not to wonder if you are, in fact, a traitor.” IfsHardFactsWonderEnemyFellowsEmbraceRejectsTraitorCountrymenRejects You Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“I have tried very hard to find meaning in what I do, but I have found instead a vast and limitless nothingness. I tried to embrace the nothingness, but it slipped through my grasp, and now there is nothing where the nothingness was. This may sound meaningful, but it isn't.” MayHardFoundSoundEmbraceMeaningfulNothingnessLimitlessFind Me Author:John S. Hall
“Anyone who says the Backstreet Boys can't sing is crazy. They're probably just reading some highbrow critic who hates anyone the general public embraces. I'm sorry, but those boys sing their butts off. They work hard on their choreography, and on their harmonies. Their tracks are tight and solid. Their songs are musical and memorable.” HardHateSongReadingBoysCrazyHard WorkHarmonyEmbraceCriticsSorryMusicalTrackMemorableI'm SorryChoreographyGeneral PublicBackstreetBackstreet Boys Author:Tony Orlando
“Those who dismiss rappers as vulgar outsiders miss the way that Jay-Z and Kanye embody the American dream: starting from humble beginnings, both rose by dint of hard work and talent to wealth and success. Jay embraces this role, styling himself as much a CEO as an artist, and he and Beyoncé have become, in a significant way, more fully America's first couple than their friends the Obamas.” WayFirstsHardDreamAmericaArtistWealthRolesTalentMissingHard WorkCoupleEmbraceRoseStartingHumbleSignificantRapperAmerican DreamOutsidersCeoVulgarHumble BeginningsWealth And Success Author:Andrew Hoberek