Ignazio Silone Quotes
An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.
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Western Christians have imagined that, at the end of the day, God is going to throw the present space-time universe into a trashcan and we'll be sitting on clouds playing harps. The ultimate future that we're promised is much more interesting than that. It's new heavens and a new Earth with new bodies to live in.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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I love women more than anything.
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Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.
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I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.
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My favourite moments at Dreamforce are when people come up and thank me randomly. It's a selfish time for me, as I get lots of positive feedback.
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Professionally, when I did the Olympic games and sang for my country in Australia. It was a big moment, Sydney in 2000. It was just a brilliant moment in my life.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
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I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.
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Now, I love playing moms who can't hide their paranoia.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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Most people looking for dinosaurs are looking for beautiful skeletons.
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Foreign investors are looking for a consistent and stable policy in India.
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From Shakespeare to Robi Thakur, everyone has written stories about people and incidents around them. There is no creativity minus reality irrespective of how flowery or abstract you make it.
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When I was 5 years old, my mother read me 'Gone With The Wind' at night, before I went to bed. I remember her reading almost all year.
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God made the world for us to live together in peace and not fight.
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I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.
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I always get jealous when I'm in London because the men are so well put together. They wear suits with shoes and ties that have splashes of colour here and there.
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Oregonians continually demonstrate a strong belief in fairness and equal treatment under the law.
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I bought all the books, but I probably knew on the first day that law school wasn't for me. I didn't give up until about ten days. I don't think I really told my father. I really didn't like my father knowing my things were not successful.
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The law, that is what makes men stay honest.
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What I'll take credit for is finding visionary people in the company, or bringing them in, and then empowering them to help me.
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An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.
