“The New Hampshire girls who came to Lowell were descendants of the sturdy backwoodsmen who settled that State scarcely a hundred years before.... They were earnest and capable; ready to undertake anything that was worth doing. My dreamy, indolent nature was shamed into activity among them. They gave me a larger, firmer ideal of womanhood.” YearsStatesGirlWorkReadyActivityCapableHundredIdealsWomanhoodEarnestDescendantsDreamySturdyHampshireNew Hampshire Author:Lucy Larcom
“I believe in the five solas. One hundred percent believe in the five solas. And I am - to those of you who know about this - I'm a monergist [someone that believes in the doctrine that says spiritual renewal is exclusively the activity of the Holy Spirit].” KnowsBelieveSpiritualSpiritI BelieveFiveHolyActivityPercentHundredI Believe InDoctrineHoly SpiritRenewalSpiritual Renewal Author:Rick Warren
“People must understand the Clean Ganga program, as an economic activity also. The Gangetic plains account for 40% of our population. They have over one hundred towns, and thousands of villages.” PeopleEconomicActivityHundredEmpowermentProgramAccountsIndiaTownsCleanPopulationVillage Author:Narendra Modi
“Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes' chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the privacy of my mind, my eyes and face assuming a vacant and preoccupied expression. I reflected on the subject of my spare-time literary activities. One Beginning and one ending for a book was a thing I did not agree with. A good book may have three openings entirely dissimilar and inter-related only in the prescience of the author, or for that matter one hundred times as many endings.” MindMayBookMatterEyeFacesThreeMinutesSubjectsExpressionActivityPerceptionMouthsHundredAgreeAssumingBreadOpeningSensualRelatedSufficientPrivacySparesRetiredGood BookOf My MindChewingVacantSpare Time Book:At Swim-two-birds Source: At Swim-two-birds
“We have to accept ourselves in order to write. Now none of us does that fully: few of us do it even halfway. Don’t wait for one hundred percent acceptance of yourself before you write, or even eight percent acceptance. Just write. The process of writing is an activity that teaches us about acceptance.” WritingDoeOrderWaitingProcessAcceptingTeachAcceptanceActivityPercentHundredEightHalfway Book:Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life Source: Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life