Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred.
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The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think it's all about control. Acting is vulnerable because you're not in control of anything. You have to give up a lot of your trust; it's up to somebody else what they do with what you've given them.
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The incredible cinematography makes 'A Walk to Beautiful' almost like a poem; there is a tenderness on display that seems to emanate from the camera. There is also great sensitivity to the women whose stories are being told - never did I have a sense of the subjects being exploited.
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The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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We live in a digital world, but we're fairly analog creatures.
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I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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For the first time in the history of Bihar, I provided a stable government. Despite being denied funds by the Centre, Bihar survived on its resources. I provided pucca dwellings to half a million Dalit families.
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You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things.
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What does 'work' mean in this 21st, ultra-wired century, with its exploding new industries, low barriers to entry and endless possibilities? Is technology making our lives more flexible - or our days more endless?
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
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I don't think I'm a good dancer.
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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
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God isn't really interested in our batting averages.
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I don't even want to call it God. I just want to call it connecting with something that's greater than I am. So that's the biggest thing from Tennessee - the spirit.
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I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.
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I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be — that proves I love him better than myself.
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Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.
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God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred.
