Charles Kennedy Quotes
There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.
Quotes to Explore
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Western Christians have imagined that, at the end of the day, God is going to throw the present space-time universe into a trashcan and we'll be sitting on clouds playing harps. The ultimate future that we're promised is much more interesting than that. It's new heavens and a new Earth with new bodies to live in.
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As patients and consumers, we are better informed today about our health care than any previous generation.
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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.
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When we grew up, we wanted to do two things: to own a sports team and a casino.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
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That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whether they play music or don't play music, has a sound - their own sound, that thing that you're talking about.
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Without trust, you have nothing: trust is so important to me.
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The tradition of classical music and the opera is such that it used to be the place where social intercourse could take place between all parts of society: politicians, industrialists, artists, citizens, etc. That tradition, I think, still exists, but it's much, much more diluted.
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I, for one, will remain constantly vigilant of a government that admits its transgressions of liberty only when they are caught lying.
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Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.
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Honestly, there's so many great benefits of wearing a kilt: It's very free, it's got its own aeration, and they're very comfortable.
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The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.
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We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.
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Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think.
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You don't let being the first to do it stop you or get in the way.
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We live in a world of communication - everyone gets information about everyone else. There is universal comparison and you don't just compare yourself with the people next door, you compare yourself to people all over the world and with what is being presented as the decent, proper and dignified life. It's the crime of humiliation.
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Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we're as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned.
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No matter where you are, depression responds to the same treatment.
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I think I enjoy Sondheim so much because of the lyrics. The lyrics, the cornucopia of options.
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The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.
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Conscience is doubtless sufficient to conduct the coldest character into the road of virtue; but enthusiasm is to conscience what honor is to duty; there is in us a superfluity of soul, which it is sweet to consecrate to the beautiful when the good has been accomplished.
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There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.
