Mary Astell Quotes
The better our lot is in this world, and the more we have of it, the greater is our leisure to prepare for the next; we have the more opportunity to exercise that God-like quality, to taste that divine pleasure, doing good to the bodies and souls of those beneath us.Mary Astell
Quotes to Explore
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
Ingrid Newkirk -
One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
Karen Mills -
'Saving Grace,' even though fictionally it was set in Oklahoma, we shot it right outside of L.A.
Bailey Chase -
It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
O. Henry -
I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
Pat Robertson -
More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
Napoleon Hill
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I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.
Fawn Hall -
I know it's a guy thing to chest bump, but me and my dancers chest bump before hitting the stage. Not too hard though...ouch!
Manika -
One of my earliest memories is of being about three and a half, climbing through the legs of a man who I didn't know was the famous actor, Patrick Magee.
Samantha Bond -
The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
Narendra Modi -
We are God's creation, and we have a responsibility to keep ourselves at our best.
Victoria Osteen -
I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.
Wanda Sykes
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The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.
Gary Larson -
Law school and summer camp are the two experiences that inform pretty much all I do.
Rachel Sklar -
The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don't build 'wiggle room' into the asking price. There's a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.
Barbara Corcoran -
I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
Imogen Cunningham -
I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
Harold Washington -
In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
Ian Mckellen
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The whole trick is to make it feel like you're spying on real people's lives as they get through the day. When I'm writing, I have to trick myself as a writer. If I consciously say, 'I'm writing,' I feel all this pressure and somehow it doesn't feel as real as when it doesn't seem to count as much.
David O. Russell -
If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.
Cyril Cusack -
Give good thoughts (nature’s character builder) - you will be good and the world will have good thoughts for you.
W. Clement Stone -
A racing driver has to be a good driver.
Emerson Fittipaldi -
Well, I don’t agree that it’s genocide, but I definitely agree that there’s suffering going on there.
George Galloway -
The better our lot is in this world, and the more we have of it, the greater is our leisure to prepare for the next; we have the more opportunity to exercise that God-like quality, to taste that divine pleasure, doing good to the bodies and souls of those beneath us.
Mary Astell