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I’m a practicing Catholic – so I have these votive candles for different things, i have a special candle for Kari Lake to jump in. – Ruben Gallego	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Candles are essential for me and the iconic fig tree scent by Diptyque is my go-to, i’ve also collected colorful throw blankets throughout the years from designers like Missoni, that I have all over my house to add pops of color and coziness in every room. – Rachel Zoe	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We retaped the signs to the trees, we wrote new messages, we replaced candles, we placed more flowers. – Assamad Nash	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The street [was] full of smashed glass, candles knocked over, the signs were ripped off, flowers were scattered over the sidewalk. – Assamad Nash	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Thousands of candles can be hit by a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decrease by being short – Buddha	added by ValidVibes 3 years ago
You may hate candles but your birthday cake love it. – Birthday	added by ValidVibes 3 years ago
People will light candles and go to sleep, and they fall over, the cat comes in and kicks it over and starts a fire. – Georges Benjamin	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Set yourself up for success by preparing a sacred space to set the tone for your practice, and it's helpful to establish some level of consistency. For some, that means taking time during their commute to meditate and journal. For others, that means sitting on the back porch early in the morning or meditating for a few minutes on the couch. Still others will have a sacred corner with an altar, including an image of Christ, a few candles, and a place to store your journal. – Benjamin W. Decker	added by firesidecommunityllc 3 years ago
As soon as I saw the candles and felt how peaceful it was, I began to cry. – Kalina Newman	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We don't give our children matches to play with nor do we give them candles, so you really shouldn't give children fireworks, let the adults handle the fireworks and let the children be the spectator. – Julie Heckman	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I painted these candles and I made these flowers as garland around his neck to pay him tribute. – Haider Ali	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
I had two candles, and yeah, one thing led to another, and I burned it down. – Britney Spears	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Hi guys, I'm in my gym right now. I haven't been in here for like six months because I burnt my gym down, unfortunately, i had two candles, and yeah, one thing led to another, and I burned it down. – Britney Spears	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Burning the poor man's candles, counting the rich man's money. #Dontbefooledagain – Proverb	added by anonymous 4 years ago
We are lighting candles 75 years after, it is a good feeling to be in the bosom of my family, with my children, with my grandchildren - it is a great joy. – Avraham Harshalom	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. – Proverb	added by anonymous 4 years ago
Thousands and thousands of people. Rain. Mud. Candles. People. Murmuring. Sound. It was unbelievable, the size of something like Woodstock - things get very hazy. They get very hazy if you're straight. They get incredibly hazy if you were high. And that's what we were so I have very few memories of interaction backstage. – Graham Nash	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I continue to pray that when Shaofan blows out his birthday candles next year, Xiyue Wang will be right there with us. – Hua Qu	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Notes To Self: 1.The falling of autumn leaves is not your fault. 2.Stop piling candles for decoration. They are meant to be burnt. 3.Silence has a voice of its own. Listen to your own silence. 4.A piece of advice from a divorced and a formerly political prisoner: “to be successful, avoid two things: women and politics!” 5.A semi-colon is the middle finger in a sentence when writing fiction. 6.Be sadist when you write. Good things come out of your character only when bad things happen to them. 7.A comedian once said: if you are looking for sympathy in life, you will only find it in the dictionary between shit and syphilis. 8.No expectations. Just instincts. 9.Undergraduate degrees of creative writing are rubbish. They are vehicles of producing mass ignorance. Because if undergraduates want to become writers, they have to spend their twenties reading excessively first. 10.Every time you get rejected by a publisher, be thankful. It is a boost for your ego to keep going forward. It is a second chance to reflect, write, and edit. It is a rebirth. It is similar to being given the question-sheet in an exam to revisit your answers before you submit your paper. 11.You are fake and hypocritical when you write for fame or political purpose. These are exterior. Honest and free writing is interior: that is when you write for yourself. 12.Mark things in green. It is the colour of grace, hope and nature. Red is bloody and fascist. 13.Reason, not need. - King Lear 14.Your body is roughly 72 per cent water. Keep hydrated. 15.Read alone. Write alone. Eat accompanied. 16.Do not drive all the time. Cycle when possible. 17.More radio. Less TV. 18.Read more. Write less. Writing comes later. 19.Sing to a mirror. 20.Re-paint your walls. 21.Read an article or summarise a short story a day. 22.Learn a new word a day too. 23.Become drunk with poetry. 24.Watch foreign films. 25.Buy mother a piece of jewellery with first salary. 26.Publish a book before you are 30. 27.Practice poetry. For fun. 28.Have a tattoo you will regret. 29.Put that bloody mobile phone down! Do not become a machine driven by machines! 30.Speak less. Listen more. – Akram Al Deek	added by anonymous 5 years ago
People build altars to let their loved ones know they were missed, candles are lit to help guide them back to their home and some of their favorite items are set out to make them feel welcomed. I've made an altar in honor of my grandmother, setting out her favorite perfume. – Aurora Anaya-Cerda	Found on CNN 5 years ago
While bills are being brought into the House of Commons to regulate every thing, from the sweeps crying "sweep," to "emancipation, vote by ballot, and free trade," is there no county member whose "time and talents'' are devoted to "domestic policy," who will bring in a bill "for the better regulation of the marriage ceremony," and put the canonical hours later in the day ? at all events, could there not be a special clause in favour of London ? A spring morning there is the very reverse of Thomson's description ; for "delicious mildness" read "a cutting east wind;" and for "veiled in roses" substitute "smoke and fog." The streets are given up to the necessities of life — to the milkman with his cans, the butcher with his tray, the baker with his basket ; all belong to the material portion of existence. Now, marriage is (or ought to be) an affair of affections, sentiments, &c. The legislature ought to give it the full benefit of moonlight and wax-candles. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon	added by Madeleine Quinn 7 years ago
People end up spending a lot more money on electricity access just by using haphazard means (such as) kerosene lamps, firewood, candles, generators, we are hoping that this new announcement ... will now accelerate the private sector to come in with quality, solar products. – Aminata Dumbuya	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Every table that you sit at is designed so that the sight is obstructed between other dining parties, the restaurant is partitioned or there’s bamboo or you only see someone’s back or a silhouette or their shadows from candles. – Seb Lyall	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Before she cut her birthday cake, she cast a wish, then blew the candles out from his eyes. – Anthony Liccione	added by anonymous 8 years ago

I’m a practicing Catholic – so I have these votive candles for different things, i have a special candle for Kari Lake to jump in.

– Ruben Gallego

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Candles are essential for me and the iconic fig tree scent by Diptyque is my go-to, i’ve also collected colorful throw blankets throughout the years from designers like Missoni, that I have all over my house to add pops of color and coziness in every room.

– Rachel Zoe

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We retaped the signs to the trees, we wrote new messages, we replaced candles, we placed more flowers.

– Assamad Nash

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The street [was] full of smashed glass, candles knocked over, the signs were ripped off, flowers were scattered over the sidewalk.

– Assamad Nash

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Thousands of candles can be hit by a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decrease by being short

– Buddha

added by ValidVibes
3 years ago

You may hate candles but your birthday cake love it.

– Birthday

added by ValidVibes
3 years ago

People will light candles and go to sleep, and they fall over, the cat comes in and kicks it over and starts a fire.

– Georges Benjamin

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Set yourself up for success by preparing a sacred space to set the tone for your practice, and it's helpful to establish some level of consistency. For some, that means taking time during their commute to meditate and journal. For others, that means sitting on the back porch early in the morning or meditating for a few minutes on the couch. Still others will have a sacred corner with an altar, including an image of Christ, a few candles, and a place to store your journal.

– Benjamin W. Decker

added by firesidecommunityllc
3 years ago

As soon as I saw the candles and felt how peaceful it was, I began to cry.

– Kalina Newman

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We don't give our children matches to play with nor do we give them candles, so you really shouldn't give children fireworks, let the adults handle the fireworks and let the children be the spectator.

– Julie Heckman

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I painted these candles and I made these flowers as garland around his neck to pay him tribute.

– Haider Ali

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I had two candles, and yeah, one thing led to another, and I burned it down.

– Britney Spears

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Hi guys, I'm in my gym right now. I haven't been in here for like six months because I burnt my gym down, unfortunately, i had two candles, and yeah, one thing led to another, and I burned it down.

– Britney Spears

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Burning the poor man's candles, counting the rich man's money. #Dontbefooledagain

– Proverb

added by anonymous
4 years ago

We are lighting candles 75 years after, it is a good feeling to be in the bosom of my family, with my children, with my grandchildren - it is a great joy.

– Avraham Harshalom

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result is twins.

– Proverb

added by anonymous
4 years ago

Thousands and thousands of people. Rain. Mud. Candles. People. Murmuring. Sound. It was unbelievable, the size of something like Woodstock - things get very hazy. They get very hazy if you're straight. They get incredibly hazy if you were high. And that's what we were so I have very few memories of interaction backstage.

– Graham Nash

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I continue to pray that when Shaofan blows out his birthday candles next year, Xiyue Wang will be right there with us.

– Hua Qu

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Notes To Self: 1.The falling of autumn leaves is not your fault. 2.Stop piling candles for decoration. They are meant to be burnt. 3.Silence has a voice of its own. Listen to your own silence. 4.A piece of advice from a divorced and a formerly political prisoner: “to be successful, avoid two things: women and politics!” 5.A semi-colon is the middle finger in a sentence when writing fiction. 6.Be sadist when you write. Good things come out of your character only when bad things happen to them. 7.A comedian once said: if you are looking for sympathy in life, you will only find it in the dictionary between shit and syphilis. 8.No expectations. Just instincts. 9.Undergraduate degrees of creative writing are rubbish. They are vehicles of producing mass ignorance. Because if undergraduates want to become writers, they have to spend their twenties reading excessively first. 10.Every time you get rejected by a publisher, be thankful. It is a boost for your ego to keep going forward. It is a second chance to reflect, write, and edit. It is a rebirth. It is similar to being given the question-sheet in an exam to revisit your answers before you submit your paper. 11.You are fake and hypocritical when you write for fame or political purpose. These are exterior. Honest and free writing is interior: that is when you write for yourself. 12.Mark things in green. It is the colour of grace, hope and nature. Red is bloody and fascist. 13.Reason, not need. - King Lear 14.Your body is roughly 72 per cent water. Keep hydrated. 15.Read alone. Write alone. Eat accompanied. 16.Do not drive all the time. Cycle when possible. 17.More radio. Less TV. 18.Read more. Write less. Writing comes later. 19.Sing to a mirror. 20.Re-paint your walls. 21.Read an article or summarise a short story a day. 22.Learn a new word a day too. 23.Become drunk with poetry. 24.Watch foreign films. 25.Buy mother a piece of jewellery with first salary. 26.Publish a book before you are 30. 27.Practice poetry. For fun. 28.Have a tattoo you will regret. 29.Put that bloody mobile phone down! Do not become a machine driven by machines! 30.Speak less. Listen more.

– Akram Al Deek

added by anonymous
5 years ago

People build altars to let their loved ones know they were missed, candles are lit to help guide them back to their home and some of their favorite items are set out to make them feel welcomed. I've made an altar in honor of my grandmother, setting out her favorite perfume.

– Aurora Anaya-Cerda

Found on CNN
5 years ago

While bills are being brought into the House of Commons to regulate every thing, from the sweeps crying "sweep," to "emancipation, vote by ballot, and free trade," is there no county member whose "time and talents'' are devoted to "domestic policy," who will bring in a bill "for the better regulation of the marriage ceremony," and put the canonical hours later in the day ? at all events, could there not be a special clause in favour of London ? A spring morning there is the very reverse of Thomson's description ; for "delicious mildness" read "a cutting east wind;" and for "veiled in roses" substitute "smoke and fog." The streets are given up to the necessities of life — to the milkman with his cans, the butcher with his tray, the baker with his basket ; all belong to the material portion of existence. Now, marriage is (or ought to be) an affair of affections, sentiments, &c. The legislature ought to give it the full benefit of moonlight and wax-candles.

– Letitia Elizabeth Landon

added by Madeleine Quinn
7 years ago

People end up spending a lot more money on electricity access just by using haphazard means (such as) kerosene lamps, firewood, candles, generators, we are hoping that this new announcement ... will now accelerate the private sector to come in with quality, solar products.

– Aminata Dumbuya

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Every table that you sit at is designed so that the sight is obstructed between other dining parties, the restaurant is partitioned or there’s bamboo or you only see someone’s back or a silhouette or their shadows from candles.

– Seb Lyall

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Before she cut her birthday cake, she cast a wish, then blew the candles out from his eyes.

– Anthony Liccione

added by anonymous
8 years ago

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