Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out.
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
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We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.
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Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.
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I think there are only two kinds of heroes: the flamboyant ones and the angry-yet-silent types. Every character on TV falls into either category.
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It has often struck me with awe that some of the most deeply religious people I know have been, on the surface, atheists.
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Maybe you have to know darkness before you can appreciate the light.
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It was immigration that taught us, it does not matter where you came from, or who your parents were. What counts is who you are.
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I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously. What a terrible thing it is to botch the farewell. I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things meaningful shape.
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Nothing helps you sleep at night so much as being absolutely certain that you're right, and everyone else is evil.
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You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.
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The less somebody knows and understand himself the less great he is, however great may be his talent. For this reason our scientists are not great.
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...death seemed the most prevalent feature of the landscape.
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Birthdays was the worst days; now we sip champagne when we're thirsty.
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They make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only what suits their object, neglecting whatever is unrelated to it and carefully setting aside everything which might tend toward the idea they wish to combat.
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Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are the uniquest. And that uniqueness of being human, language, art, culture, our dependency on culture for survival, comes from the combination of traditional biological evolution.
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Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.
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The bar is so low in rap - mediocrity is king!
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Even if you're not going anywhere, don't get in the way.
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I go back to L.A. as often as I can, and even if I'm there on business, I always add on a few extra days for pleasure.
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He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out.
