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		It is essential that God created men and women to be one, as it is said in the first chapters of the Bible. So I think even if our culture is against marriage as essential form of relations between human beings, between women and men. I think our nature is always present, and we can understand it if we will understand it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Hamel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		At the high school level, the coaches get these kids in revenue-driven sports and take them away from baseball. There's so much pressure on these kids to even play spring football. We need to get the African-American players back in the game, which I think would make it not only a better game, but more exciting and entertaining for everyone. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Gillick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carine Roitfeld 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wayne Grady 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and get the reader to keep turning the page. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Carman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Years of Living Dangerously' is a wonderful opportunity to reach a lot of people with the story and importance of climate change in our lives; in recent history, there's no bigger threat to the quality of human life than what is taking place right now in respect of climate change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harrison Ford 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When you're put in a position to really affect young people who are going to run the world one day, if you're able to be in their life at a young age and make a positive impact, I think that's a beautiful thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zendaya 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mark Strand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Thomas Aquinas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You okay?" "Fine." "Your heart's beating really fast." "Gee, thanks. That's very comforting that you can hear it." He smiled, and it was the old Michael, the one she'd first met before all the vamp stuff. "Yeah, I know it is. Sorry. Just stay behind me if there's trouble." "You sound like Shane." "Well, he did say he'd kill me if I got you hurt. I'm just looking after my own neck." "Liar. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Caine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it's false, shallow, to be giving to others when your own need is great. The idea is not to comfort people, not to make them feel better but to make them feel worse, to constantly put before them the degradations and humiliations they go through to get what they call a living wage. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Lennon 
			 
			
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		It is essential that God created men and women to be one, as it is said in the first chapters of the Bible. So I think even if our culture is against marriage as essential form of relations between human beings, between women and men. I think our nature is always present, and we can understand it if we will understand it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pope Benedict XVI