James Martineau Quotes
The incarnation is true, not of Christ exclusively, but of Man universally, and God everlastingly.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
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Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'
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I can't take anything seriously.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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There are moments when I am really not happy with how I look, or I think it would be an easy way out to try and do the conventionally attractive thing. But part of it is that I don't have the energy to put on, like, makeup. If people want to do that, that's fine. But I've learned that it's not for me.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
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Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.
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Let's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.
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My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.
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I love to turn an idea that is in my head into reality.
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I am unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness. I, the unloving, say life should be lovely. I, that am blind, cry out against my blindness.
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All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak of God but also to speak to him.
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Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
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Time is not a linear flow, as we think it is, into past, present, and future. Time is an indivisible whole, a great pool in which all events are eternally embodied and still have their meaningful flash of supernormal or extra - sensory perception, and glimpse of something that happened long ago in our linear time.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation.
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The incarnation is true, not of Christ exclusively, but of Man universally, and God everlastingly.
