Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
I realized that everything I had to do I could not do on my own, and so I was almost obliged to put myself in God's hands, to trust in Jesus who - while I wrote my book on him - I felt bound to by an old and more profound friendship.
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It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?
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God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.
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Actions yield result by the ordinance of God as He wills.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
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I believe in God. God created the world.
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I'll never forget one morning I walked in and I had a hell of a bruise - it had been a difficult night the night before - and a client said to me, 'Good God, Vidal, what happened to your face?' And I said, 'Oh, nothing, madam, I just fell over a hairpin.'
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I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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We've got a long career ahead of us and it's going to be great. Trust me.
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God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.
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I bought the rights to this book, 'The Ploughmen,' by a Montana writer named Kim Zupan, and I've written the screenplay, and I really feel pretty strong about it. It's really hauntingly beautiful. It's got some suspense and great drama, but it's a real character thing.
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There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat.
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I don't trust a lot of journalists.
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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Certainly it is a blessing to have three beautiful kids who are all healthy. God put them here for me to nurture and bring them up and try to keep as close to right as I can. So it's a blessing. It's a big responsibility, but at the same time it's an honor.
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Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.
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I'd put it this way: Canadians want politicians to work together on their behalf. So that's what I'm committed to doing. I think it's been the goal of every NDP leader. Because we had a profound belief that we could do a good job on behalf of Canadians... if we were given that opportunity.
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If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles.
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The king must die so that the country can live.
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When I got to college, as I was walking across campus one day, I ripped off a little flyer for this sketch-comedy group. It ended up being one of the greatest things I've ever done.
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I realized that everything I had to do I could not do on my own, and so I was almost obliged to put myself in God's hands, to trust in Jesus who - while I wrote my book on him - I felt bound to by an old and more profound friendship.
