Nancy Gibbs Quotes
Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
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I love roles that don't really have a template or a paradigm and force me to create using my own imagination... that really, really turns me on.
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There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
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The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me.
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When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.
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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity.
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There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.
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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable.
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I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.
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I can paint in jail.
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After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.
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I would say the larger the pool you have to select from, the more likely you are to find the most compatible person for you if you have the right algorithms working on your behalf.
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When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
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In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.
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Illinois surpasses every other spot of equal extent upon the face of the globe in fertility of soil and in the proportionable amount of the same which is sufficiently level for actual cultivation.
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No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.
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Catalan citizens are peaceful, European, and open-minded. We want to contribute to better international and European governance.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
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Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.
