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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Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
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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 certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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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 actors that I admire are able to step into so many different roles.
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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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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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People say I manipulate the media. Well, duh. We live in a media culture, so why on earth wouldn't I?
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Isn't that why people keep diaries - to be read by someone else? Why would they keep them otherwise?
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I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people. Neither is anyone I have ever cared deeply about.
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Dogs are not 'people' of another species. They are another species. To train and care for them properly, to show them how to live in our complex world, requires first and foremost that we understand that.
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I'm going through life's cycles at an alarmingly fast pace, but my persona has a Peter Pan quality: he doesn't age.
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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.
