Emanuel Swedenborg Quotes
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.
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I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and policies. One thing that we insisted on was that they should take an oath to reject racism and discrimination.
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The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as a nation and crooked as individuals.
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And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
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The long-term value proposition for cellphone companies isn't just voice conversation - it's transfer of data.
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Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.
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I think that women are peacemakers by genetics, because we are the ones who stay at home and because we are the ones who suffer with the aftermath of war.
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London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there.
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I love Parisian hotels. I usually stay in either Le Bristol, which is gorgeous, or Hotel Paris Rivoli, which is very French and feels like a step back in time. I also love the luxury of Waldorf Astoria hotels.
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It is inevitable that many ideas of the young mind will later have to give way to the hard realities of life.
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When half the people believe one thing, and the other half another, it is usually safe to accept either opinion. The Democrats are as good as the Republicans, and the Catholics as good as the Protestants.
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He trusted neither of them as far as he could spit, and he was a poor spitter, lacking both distance and control.
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Arguments about God are like pointing a flashlight toward the sky to see if the sun is shining.
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Tell me you stones, O speak, you towering palaces!Streets, say a word! Spirit of this place, are you dumb?All things are alive in your sacred wallsEternal Rome, it's only for me all is still.
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When your back is against the wall, there's only one way to go and that's forward.
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Death is sweeter than continued life under tyranny. ... Retaliation is a prescription from God. ... We must rise up and kill those who kill us. .. Let them feel the pain of death that we are feeling.
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The fact that some of these Arab states are willing to make this public is heartening, and it's a fair response to the Sharon government for the courage which the Sharon government has shown in moving out of Gaza and those four West Bank settlements.
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You really have to listen to yourself and know if what someone is saying is true for you.
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The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average has closed higher in 17 of the 21 sessions since Donald Trump was elected president, with about a dozen record closes so far as it continues marching higher.
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The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played.
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Angels never attack, as infernal spirits do. Angels only ward off and defend.
