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Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word.
And when you appear all the rivers sound in my body, bells shake the sky, and a hymn fills the world.
I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
And to my lips' Bright crimson rim The passion slips, And down my slim White body drips The shining hymn.
Everything is completely democratic in this band so far and that is the way that we would like to keep it.
We tap our toes to chaste love songs about the silvery moon without recognizing them as hymns to copulation.
If I were a cassowary On the plains of Timbuctoo, I would eat a missionary, Cassock, band, and hymn-book too.
Nationalizing businesses, nationalizing banks, is not a solution for the democratic party, it's the objective.
The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for.
Bribed with a little sunlight and a few prismatic tints, we bless our Maker, and stave off his wrath with hymns.
I am a Christian, and since the age of five I have been singing... chanting hymns containing the word 'Hosanna.'
...hymns have been a powerful instrument of God to draw people closer to His Word and the saving riches therein.
After a lustre of the moon, we say We have not the need of any paradise, We have not the need of any seducing hymn.
In the midst of the storm, your life boat appears. A psalm, a hymn, a word... calming the fiercest winds of the soul.
A bird sings, a child prattles, but it is the same hymn; hymn indistinct, inarticulate, but full of profound meaning.
The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these days.
Because the sinless Savior died My sinful soul is counted free. For God the just is satisfied To look on Him and pardon me.
[P]salms are basically prayers and hymns, by their very nature they are addressed to God or express truth about God in song.
We always try to do something for everyone. Some want only hymns; some want music of the masters; some like popular favorites.
The inward sighs of humble penitence Rise to the ear of Heaven, when peal'd hymns Are scatter'd with the sounds of common air.
What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.
It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.
Good hymns are an immense blessing to the Church. They train people for heaven, where praise is one of the principal occupations.
Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.
Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun; Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn of praise.
International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by the peoples and for the peoples
Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt, Not practise!
Why has our poetry eschewed The rapture and response of food? What hymns are sung, what praises said For home-made miracles of bread?
I sang the hymns, and I read the Bible stories, but I was always perplexed, like, 'Really? Jesus wants you for a sunbeam? For a what?'
I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.
The singing of hymns and the rendition of selections from the great sacred oratorios by ward choirs all enhance the spirit of worship.
At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.
One of the things that is wonderful about hymns is that they are a sort of universally shared poetry, at least among certain populations.
By singing the Guru's hymns, I, the minstrel spread the Lord's glory. Nanak, by praising the True Name, I have obtained the perfect Lord.
Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if it continues to think, and if it becomes democratic.
Of the music that we've done over the years, the things that are the most requested are the hymns. And folk music is also high on the list.
They both sang. My grandmother had a very haunted mountain voice and would sing hymns. My grandpa would sing but in a very, very subdued way.
In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.
The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a Democratic issue.
As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue their work.
It isn't about singing a particular hymn or reciting a prayer – it's about a relationship with your Heavenly Father who loves and cares for you.
You either have it or you don't. You play your horn just like you sing a song or a hymn. If it's in your heart, you express yourself in the tune.
The tune was too ingrained for Mortenson to consider the novelty of this moment- an American, lost in Pakistan, singing a German hymn in Swahili.
Hymns should have unity, graduation and mutual dependence in the thoughts, a conscious progress, a sense of completeness and be easily understood.
It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
Love songs are kind of like hymns if you think about it. Gospel songs are basically songs of adoration about God, or whatever you want to call Him.
The wild swan's death-hymn took the soul Of that waste place with joy Hidden in sorrow: at first to the ear The warble was low, and full and clear.
I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion.
Religion stalks across the face of human history, knee-deep in the blood of innocents, clasping its red hands in hymns of praise to an approving God.
People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.