Mathieu Kerekou Quotes
It is a great pleasure to live with positive hope that the most deprived will gain access into the Kingdom of God.
Quotes to Explore
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If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.
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I used to believe that people are only born once, but now I feel I have been reborn, like I was given a new life. I see myself as a child, full of energy and hope.
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Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.
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I had two jobs coming out of school: I did a play, 'The Great White Hope.' I played the boxer Jack Johnson. And I was the lead in this indie film. Then I moved to Los Angeles because New York was cold and it was really too quiet for me at that time. I was out of school; I was hungry. The auditions were trickling in, and I was antsy and ready to go.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
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While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.
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I think it just takes one little snowflake to start a snowball to go down the hill. My contribution and, say, Kendrick Lamar's and some chosen others' start the snowball. That's all I can hope for. I don't know if I'm comfortable being quote-unquote a leader.
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What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
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In the history of photography, we have many masterpieces in terms of black and white books. You have Bresson's 'Decisive Moment,' Frank's 'The Americans'... many masterpieces. But there is nothing to this caliber in color. Well, I think I'll waltz with my muse and hope that I might be able to produce something on this order in color.
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I hope to see an integrated solution created to deal with both the local pollution problem and the global climate change problem.
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For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
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'Selvandhan' is my first dubbed venture, which will release simultaneously with the original. It is a family drama. It has familiar Tamil faces, and I hope it does well.
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I just wasn't picked. I'm not bitter. I'm not mad. It just means I'll get to spend more time with my wife and kids over the next three summers. I still hope they bring back the gold. I'm just honored to have played before.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment.
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You don't always have to sing dark things to be thoughtful.
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I am actually pro-cursing. I think it's good. I think we should teach kids to curse, so they don't use drugs. It doesn't rot your brain. It doesn't get you pregnant. It doesn't kill you, like tobacco.
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It is a great pleasure to live with positive hope that the most deprived will gain access into the Kingdom of God.
