Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
The ways of the Lord are not comfortable, but we were not created for comfort, but for greatness, for good.Pope Benedict XVI
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
Samantha Power -
Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
Carlos Salinas de Gortari -
Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -
When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
Irwin Thomas -
I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
Nate Silver -
I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.
Gary Larson
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.
Fareed Zakaria -
I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
Walter Jon Williams -
I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.
Dakota Fanning -
Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.
Vicente del Bosque
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
Zola Jesus -
Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
Zola Budd -
There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
Felix Dennis -
India may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions.
Kailash Satyarthi -
In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
W. H. Auden
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But the fact that same-sex marriage is still an issue is insane. Thinking love knows a sex is ridiculous.
Garret Dillahunt -
All geniuses born women are lost to the public good.
Mary Pipher -
I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
Gaby Hoffmann -
I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old Dolly Parton records, Kitty Wells and that old stuff. I like country music. I also like Eric Church, who has a great new sound but also holds onto that old sound.
Valerie June -
Most actors are like, 'I want to be more like Marlon Brando.' But when I was a little kid, I just wanted to be an action hero! Then I grew up, and my interests were different.
Lucas Till -
The ways of the Lord are not comfortable, but we were not created for comfort, but for greatness, for good.
Pope Benedict XVI