Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
Reason always stands in need of being purified by faith: this also holds true for political reason, which must not consider itself omnipotent. For its part, religion always needs to be purified by reason in order to show its authentically human face. Any breach in this dialogue comes only at an enormous price to human development.
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One of the most effective tools in Brazil's efforts to eradicate slavery is a register compiled by the government that lists individuals and businesses found using slave labor. Those on the 'dirty list,' as the register is known, are fined and remain on it for a minimum of two years during which they cannot access public funds.
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Well, I'm a Harley Babe.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
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When I was a kid, I read many of my mom's books. Sometimes, there were mysteries, but there were no delineations, and my mother never talked about book genres. Nor did we differentiate genres in school.
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I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.
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I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.
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I'm lighter now in a lot of ways.
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I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica. My government will be open to all Costa Ricans of good faith.
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Americans are generally decent and fair people with a commitment to sense, but some of us, swept up by our passions, wade too far into a sea of sensibility.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
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A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.
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I think the press is doing a wonderful job of putting the pressure on the decision-makers in Hollywood to support more female directors.
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I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
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She can kill with a smile, She can wound with her eyes.
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Reason always stands in need of being purified by faith: this also holds true for political reason, which must not consider itself omnipotent. For its part, religion always needs to be purified by reason in order to show its authentically human face. Any breach in this dialogue comes only at an enormous price to human development.
