Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
I would say that normally it is the creative minorities that determine the future, and in this sense, the Catholic Church must understand itself as a creative minority that has a heritage of values that are not things of the past, but a very living and relevant reality.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
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We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.
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I still keep my accent.
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Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.
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'Made in Italy' is from the tycoons of the '80s, not me. It is people who represent an Italy which I don't belong to and I don't feel a part of.
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I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.
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Fashion anticipates.
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I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that's where I go.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.
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That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. I told the director. He says, man, it was a killer show tonight.
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Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
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Last time I checked, private nonprofit organizations have a right and a responsibility to be able to set the highest standards and criteria on their own without interference, let alone the level of vicious attacks and coercion that has occurred by Planned Parenthood.
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My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making music, but I didn't have a clear path. I also lacked in confidence.
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I always thought that there was a really good chance that I wasn't going to get married.
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Rey's parents left her at 5, and we meet her when she's late teens or early 20s, and for someone to keep hopeful that there's a better life to come, I think, is astounding. Though she starts off alone, she very much finds her place in a group of people, and that's lovely.
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I was going blind, and I was in a wheelchair. I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life living with my parents.
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Keystone would allow us to transport 700,000 barrels of oil a day from our northern neighbor Canada to refineries in the United States.
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A city whose living immediacy is so urgent that when I am in it I lose all sense of the past.
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Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.
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Comfort and solace come about differently for different people.
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I would say that normally it is the creative minorities that determine the future, and in this sense, the Catholic Church must understand itself as a creative minority that has a heritage of values that are not things of the past, but a very living and relevant reality.
