Pope John Paul II Quotes
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile.
Quotes to Explore
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I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
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It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent generations of immigrants to this country.
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When someone is playing drums, they aren't actually moving around a space; they're just moving their arms and limbs. They're stuck behind the drum set. So to film someone playing the drums and make it feel as kinetic as a car chase or a shootout or a battle scene was the challenge.
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That's your dream, to get paid and take care of your family. But you still want to win, too.
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I'm not very good at going to sleep, and that's probably my worst problem. I don't need much more than seven and a half hours, but I probably get six. I take all my problems to bed with me and fret. I can't switch off.
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In New York, I get people coming up to me because 'The History Boys' was such a hit on Broadway, and they show the film all the time on cable over there, so people recognise you.
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Israel is in the grip of a ghetto mentality. We have a powerful army. We have the atomic bomb. But the psychology of what comes out of Israel has the tone of the Warsaw Ghetto.
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There's no white comic that sells tickets to black people like me. They're going to get their hair done, get a new outfit, and come out to see a white dude.
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I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.
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Yoga is a method for restraining the natural turbulence of thoughts, which otherwise impartially prevent all men, of all lands, from glimpsing their true nature of Spirit. Yoga cannot know a barrier of East and West any more than does the healing and equitable light of the sun.
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I love to play tennis. I play a lot in the summer. I'm not a big golfer; I need something a bit more intense.
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China has set its cultural industries as pillar industries.
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The highest expression of all morality is: Be!
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It seems that thought itself has a power for which it has never been given credit.
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Thanks be to God, that he gave me Stubborness, when I know I am right.
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'But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavour toward better understanding.'
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The wrath of God lies sleeping. It was hid a million years before men were and only men have power to wake it. Hell ain't half full.
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I'm TV's Craig Ferguson, please sit down relax and: 'take off your pants'; 'dip your hand into a bowl of warm water and fall fast asleep'; etc.
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I'm a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I've been studying Naval battles forever.
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I was born to sell it as a kid. I think it's partially innate, and partly it's because my parents were always very clear: if I needed anything that wasn't a necessity, I was going to have to save my money and buy it myself. That meant not only did I have to buy basketball shoes, but I had to figure out how to pay for college as well.
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Melanie Fiona is a singer, a songwriter, she's a super-girl. I can be silly, goofy, really chilled. She's like your cool chill girlfriend, sister-friend. I'm just like everybody else.
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I don't think crack happened by accident. I'm part conspiracy theorist, because you can't develop something that dangerous and have it not be planned.
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Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile.
