Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
The prevailing mentality was that the Church must not be a Church of laws but, rather, a Church of love; she must not punish. Thus, the awareness that punishment can be an act of love ceased to exist. This led to an odd darkening of the mind, even in very good people.
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I'm a championship handball player. I'm a championship softball and baseball player. I used to be an extremely talented center in high school in football. I also dabbled in lacrosse and soccer. I'm really good at billiards, darts, shuffleboard.
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I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit... weird.
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I might not be the greatest actor, but I walk into every project willing to work hard.
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The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.
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With a focus on records and making money, you tend to miss a good story.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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You start thinking about a character in a new book, of course you're going to think pretty soon, 'Well, what's their secret? What is their problem?' Maybe, 'What is their secret?' is another way of saying, 'What is their problem?' There's got to be some issue, or you've got a totally boring book!
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.
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Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
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I always preferred my father's pasta the next day, when he'd put it in a hot oven with heaps of extra cheese. It would emerge slightly burned and very crisp on top.
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Things that appear on the front page of the newspaper as 'fact' are far more dangerous than the games played by a novelist, and can lead to wars.
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In every generation, there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy.
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That's hot.
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I think there's a kind of xenophobic frenzy on talk radio, on cable television, from (CNN's) Lou Dobbs to some of the shows on Fox (News).
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I don't hide anything about my life, I talk about everything. I talk about it - all kinds of things. I've done songs about bad experiences, a couple about growing up in the ghetto and being abused, sexually. Being raped. And I talk about it.
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Before God closed in on me, I was offered what now appears a moment of wholly free choice. But I feel my decision was not so important. I was the object rather than the subject in this affair.
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I'll see trash talk and people telling me why they're favorite fighter is going to beat me. It motivates me for sure.
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I never intended on moving to 'The Good Wife' permanently, but in terms of a next move and something to do to make myself feel good, this was a great opportunity.
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The prevailing mentality was that the Church must not be a Church of laws but, rather, a Church of love; she must not punish. Thus, the awareness that punishment can be an act of love ceased to exist. This led to an odd darkening of the mind, even in very good people.
