Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
A well-trained dog is like religion, it sets the deserving at their ease and is a terror to evildoers.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need to come back to a place that still feels like home.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I'm very into science-fantasy, that kind of swordfights and magic and technology thing.
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I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.
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We spend our way to the poorhouse. We buy giant TVs and iPads. Our children wear nice clothes thanks to high-interest credit cards and payday loans. We purchase homes we don't need, refinance them for more spending money, and declare bankruptcy, often leaving them full of garbage in our wake. Thrift is inimical to our being.
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Stereotyping of any race or culture is narrow-minded, and I can't wait to help break the shackles.
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Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.
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Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
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When you literally build a state of granite, it takes a certain toughness and perseverance as well as a unique blend of community and independence: a culture that also helps spur economic growth.
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If we did not have a feminine being within us, how would we rest ourselves?
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When German soldiers used to come to my studio and look at my pictures of Guernica, they'd ask 'Did you do this?'. And I'd say, 'No, you did.'
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Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older.
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Being a shy child, I always longed for a mask. Even in my adult life, I have glasses, they are my mask.
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Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion.
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I remember bringing some of my other friends to our table, and everyone at our table would look at them and ask me, 'What are you doing? Why'd you bring him?' It was annoying high school stuff that still goes on now. My high school was really bad.
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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We have been talking today on how we can send a message to the people in both communities, the Islamic and European, that we need this not to happen again...We strongly hope that people will be now sensible to understand that.
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A well-trained dog is like religion, it sets the deserving at their ease and is a terror to evildoers.
