Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
We all see that, today, man can destroy the foundation of his existence: his Earth.
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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I'm a compulsive reader of fiction. I fell in love with novels when I was a teenager. My wife Marilyn and I... our initial friendship began because we are both readers. I've gone to sleep almost every night of my life after having read in a novel for 30 or 40 minutes. I'm a great reader of fiction and much less so of non-fiction.
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I had strong legs that would have made me a good sumo wrestler and I used that to my advantage, but my home runs were achieved by technique.
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It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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I am a Westerner of Westerners!
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Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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I don't really do themes. I might accidentally, but themes are an emergent phenomena of the writing of the book, of just trying to get a story out there.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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Our focused customers are small business and young people. We did a great job in China. How can we help those young people in India, in Pakistan, in Africa. If they can use in the same ways.
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I appreciate the change associated with people's growth, but I don't like the changes in our lives. I came to Mumbai in 1945, so imagine my acceptance of the massive changes around. I have witnessed every kind of revolution.
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Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
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China may censor YouTube. China may censor Twitter. They won't be able to censor Bitcoin. There's no central authority. There's no one you can go to and say, 'We're going to turn Bitcoin off.'
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Today, people tend to credit me with having the original idea and made the first circuits.
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A moment of kindness can produce a mood of harmony between heaven and earth. Purity of heart can leave a fine example for a hundred generations.
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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If you're a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear and concrete in Buddhism.
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On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is 'On China' by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his access is perhaps unrivaled.
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We all see that, today, man can destroy the foundation of his existence: his Earth.
