Saint Basil Quotes
If you begin to guard wealth it will not be yours. But if you begin to distribute it, you will not lose it.
Quotes to Explore
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Culture is mix. Culture means a mix of things from other sources. And my town, Istanbul, was this kind of mix. Istanbul, in fact, and my work, is a testimony to the fact that East and West combine cultural gracefully, or sometimes in an anarchic way, came together, and that is what we should search for.
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Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.
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I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.
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We are increasingly open to understanding how we are all connected and that if we sink the ship that we are all on, we all drown. However, we have simultaneously become so focused on our own life experiences that we think we are alone.
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There is no reason why any public school district in our state should be on a four-day school week. If anything, we should be extending the school year.
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One of my favorite films is 'Pretty Woman.'
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We want laws to be applied predictably.
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I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.
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Many Christians do not believe God sends tornadoes. But they do believe that God walks with His children through the storms, that He sends His people to help after the storms, and that with and through God, there is always hope.
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I think the real problem is that nobody buys albums anymore, so you don't get the depth of the artists that are out today. What you get is whatever they felt is politically correct to get on there and actually make some impact. I think that's where you're losing your depth. You're only getting the very top of everything. It really bothers me.
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I have been touched by extreme violence, and I have been robbed of the life I always wanted by someone who chose to do evil.
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I know from personal experience that engaging with your community and helping others helps foster a sense of shared sacrifice and - at a time when our politics seem more focused on tearing us apart than bringing us together - that shared sacrifice will help us rekindle the national unity that has made us the strongest nation in the world.
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The Senate Majority Leader has the unilateral ability to stand up and say, 'If you defy Congress, if you defy the Constitution, if you defy the American people, none of your nominees will be confirmed.'
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I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country.
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If we limit our vision to the real world, we will forever be fighting on the minus side of things, working only too make our photographs equal to what we see out there, but no better.
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Of course, bankers were always interested in making money. But when bankers had clients, they bore some responsibility for the clients' welfare.
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I suppose the worst case scenario is that people will get to the point where they can't actually afford to make what they want to make creatively. The industry is collapsing.
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It is disconcerting to sit with your parent and find you're turning over your future to your government, which can't manage their money.
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Effeminate men have suffered a bad press the world over.
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I get burned out on standup. But I like acting. I do like it. But sometimes you just feel like a monkey. You just feel like a complete tool. But I like it. I do like it. Stand-up is just more free. A lot more freedom because you just do what you want to do.
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I met Tupac through Queen Latifah in New York at this party that we were at, at a place downtown called Big City Diner.
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I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss.
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If you begin to guard wealth it will not be yours. But if you begin to distribute it, you will not lose it.
