Matthew Simpson Quotes
If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.
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We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the real rawness of it, the real fun of it, but we also have to address the damage it has done. We have to look at what it's done to our black girls, especially when it comes to domestic violence.
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I think whatever you have in your life, my opinion is that if you know that there's something wrong, you try to fix it.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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Sometimes, it's best to let the kids take control - and it's never too early to instill positive eating habits or self-confidence in the kitchen.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
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I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.
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I was a little too young to be a hippie.
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There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many of the artists, for example, exhibit around the world, just not in Berlin.
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I like to do my own make-up.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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It was Nate Monaster who encouraged me to be a writer.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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I was with the CIA for only three years. I worked in the Directorate of Operations, which is now called the National Clandestine Service. It's the part of the organization where the spies live. I didn't have much experience beyond the training.
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I was in a convent for a year.
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The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of Government. But what is Government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
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Our culture is obsessed with youth because we have lost the ancient knowledge that growth never stops. We are not transient, momentary mistakes in the cosmos- evolutionary curiosities that rise like mayflies, swarm for a day, and are gone. We are players who are here to stay, and the universe was built with us in mind. We reflect it, with our deepest loves and loftiest aspirations, just as it reflects us.
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Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.
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I was talking to a woman last night. I said, 'I’m not like other people.' She started to giggle. Then I raised my voice and said evenly, 'That’s one blessing God gave writers - they’re not like other people!'
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You have to set big goals for yourself. And you have to put aside all the negativity in your life that tells you that if you came from a certain education or a certain family background that you can't achieve big goals. That's one of the things that America has.
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If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.
