Jacques Maritain Quotes
The day when efficacy would prevail over truth will never come for the Church, for then the gates of hell would have prevailed against her.
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It is of course very difficult to see relations between America and Iran becoming increasingly tense and knowing that it is not the people of the countries but a subset of leaders and radicals that are causing such strife. I am hoping that the spirit of the people will triumph.
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.
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National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there are two primary causes: one is that if there is discourse about anxiety it is necessarily going to induce anxiety. It will represent a return of the repressed for a great many people.
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Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye, and deny it.
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That's the thing about zombies. They don't adapt and they don't think. Literally, you could have a zombie on one side of a chain link fence and you could be on the other side and they could be trying to get to you and six feet down could be an open door and they will not go through that door in the fence. That's why they're so scary.
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Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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My professional life in Hollywood has been filled with joy and laughter.
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Because I came from the working class, I still identify with them. I don't identify with the middle class.
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The day when efficacy would prevail over truth will never come for the Church, for then the gates of hell would have prevailed against her.
