Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
He was a convinced but hardworked rationalist, always hard at it re-convincing himself of his convictions.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
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I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.
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Quite often I play roles that require quite a degree of emotional exposure, and they can be very difficult to do.
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Like the shock of fondling a raw sausage, blindfold, at a gay party.
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Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.
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The love of power is the demon of mankind.
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I presume that you are compassionate: to be without pity means to be sick in body and spirit. But one should have spirit in abundance, so as to be permitted to be compassionate! For your pity is detrimental to you and to everyone.
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I believe that, that Christ became sin for us.
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We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress. One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually.
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It's easy for someone to joke about scars if they've never been cut.
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I know Eddie would want the show to go on.
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The expression of a gentleman's face is not so much that of refinement, as of flexibility, not of sensibility and enthusiasm as of indifference; it argues presence of mind rather than enlargement of ideas.
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Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged.
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Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.
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Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? I mean, even if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. Do you know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going into work? A business big enough that it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly up. Disappears. It ceases to exist, without me.
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He was a convinced but hardworked rationalist, always hard at it re-convincing himself of his convictions.
