Bret Easton Ellis Quotes
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Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.
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I was baptized a Baptist, but I'm just Christian, as far as I'm concerned. I could go in any church, doesn't matter if it's Baptist, Protestant, Episcopal, or Catholic.
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People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.
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Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.
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People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents.
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Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.
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I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.
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No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.
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If you will trust me with your vote, you can count on me to take those values to Washington.
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If you aim for parody right off the bat and it misses, no offense to the filmmakers, but it is Meet the Spartans.
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A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.
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I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite.
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In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.
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I think I'm just a comedian who's a pretty good con man, and I don't see that changing any time soon.
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'Bombay Velvet' is my most romantic film, it's my 'Titanic' or 'Gone With The Wind.'
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I learned about poise and dignity, and I learned about what it means to be an African-American in television and what that requires in terms of what kind of position you take for yourself and how you define your own reality in a world that is still finding its footing, to say the least.
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Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin'
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A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
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My work is literally my voice.
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A leader should surround himself with persons who fit his requirements and standards—and then turn them loose to do their jobs. When you identify a toxic subordinate leader within your ranks, remove them. If you cannot remove them, reassign them to a role where their toxicity can be minimized. Their duty at their level was just as important as my duty at my level. Leaders lead from the front; managers lead from the rear. When the battle is over, there must be plans made in advance for follow-on actions. A leader must have clearly defined objectives. He must ensure these objectives are clearly understood by his subordinate leaders.
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Stacy Schiff. 'The Witches of Salem: Diabolical doings in a Puritan village', The New Yorker, September 7, 2015, pp. 46-55.
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I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge - and many people go to Bible studies and don't realize it isn't enough to know what's right, it's applying the information and the knowledge that you have.
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Any car which holds together for a whole race is too heavy.
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We'll slide down the surface of things...
