Fulton J. Sheen Quotes
The only argument the world will listen to now is the argument of personal holiness. It has heard all the rest and rejected them.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the vast majority of states in the U.S.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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'Shameless' was such a weird time in my life because I never really experienced any kind of role that put me that much in the spotlight before.
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I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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During my early years, I was mercurially lively, always in motion, spilling over with pranks, impertinent and precocious, and, at the same time, intractably stubborn and angry if anything went against my will.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.
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It's always hard to watch something you create be put in somebody else's hands.
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Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.
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Honestly, I wish I'd known just how hard it is and how competitive the acting world is. I took my time; I went at my own pace. That's been helpful over the years, but also, I didn't quite realize how incredible everyone else was going to be: the level of competition and everyone's skill.
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In my real life, I see people who are really enjoying their lives - I mean, really enjoying their lives - and they take joy in their daily obligations; they just do. And I believe that at a certain point, you've got to choose to be that way. You choose to approach your life that way. Or it's all kind of a drag until Friday.
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The big secret in acting is listening to people.
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The only argument the world will listen to now is the argument of personal holiness. It has heard all the rest and rejected them.
