Saint Basil Quotes

We must always be on guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another.

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• Experience is a funny thing. You don't always have it when you need it.

  

  Patrick Chan
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• This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.

  

  Abu Bakar Bashir
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• As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly effective religious tracts, disguised as science fiction. Others still are nostalgic vignettes, but under it all is still Bradbury, the poet of 20th-century neurosis.

  

  Damon Knight
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• Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?

  

  Carl Jung
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• The differences between a tart, a pie and a quiche are a blur.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
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• Ray Bradbury published his first story 29 years before I was born. He established himself as an international writer long before I arrived. When my mom was nine months pregnant with me, my father read Bradbury aloud to her as I listened intently, in utero. And I later became his biographer.

  

  Sam Weller
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• My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.

  

  Candis Cayne
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• I am an education ambassador, mainly working with schools.

  

  Daley Thompson
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  • Schools

• As much as I appreciate people putting me in the category of these very acrobatic belters, I feel like my strength is my... interpretation and my truthfulness with songs, and I don't want young people to think it's all about the high notes that they have to hit.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • People
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• Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Feelings
  • Marine
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• My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.

  

  Sally Phillips
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• I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at the same time because you feel so happy and chilled-out.

  

  Ed Speleers
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• Everything's pretty consistent in the industry, you know. There's a couple of naysayers, whatever, people who don't agree. But for the most part a lot of people believe in the new class of MC's that coming to the game.

  

  Wale
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• 'Lone Gunmen' was my first job, and I got a little cocky, thinking I'm brilliant and don't have to work that hard because it comes so naturally.

  

  Zuleikha Robinson
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• I think the trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution because I actually believe in redistribution - at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody's got a shot.

  

  Barack Obama
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• Postal will be so politically incorrect and harsh, it's like a mirror to American society, and I don't think the movie will be well received by anybody. For example, Osama Bin Laden will be one of the lead characters—I think that shows the mood of the movie.

  

  Uwe Boll
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• The world knows only two, - that's Rome and I.

  

  Ben Jonson
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• Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance.

  

  Bertrand Russell
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• Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.

  

  Brennan Manning
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• Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Life
  • Hope
  • Beautiful

• Be patient - if something is supposed to happen, it's going to happen. Whenever I've tried to force things, they didn't go right.

  

  Chiara Ferragni

• The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land.

  

  John Marshall
  • Law
  • Action

• I love doing stuff in a harness. It's surprising what you can actually do. I'm reasonably coordinated, so I can do flips and the flipping kicks.

  

  Melanie Scrofano

• We must always be on guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another.

  

  Saint Basil