Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

In the Church, priests also are sinners. But I am personally convinced that the constant presence in the press of the sins of Catholic priests, especially in the United States, is a planned campaign, as the percentage of these offenses among priests is not higher than in other categories, and perhaps it is even lower.

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• Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

  

  Nadine Gordimer
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  • Hunger

• If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.

  

  Gary Sheffield
  • Good
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• I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special. He used to call me and enquire about my film's progress. Whenever I deliver a hit, I can see a glow on my father's face.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Father
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• If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.

  

  Salman Rushdie
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• I don't really yell at people.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • People
  • Really
  • Yell

• Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • Popular
  • Word
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• Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.

  

  Yul Vazquez
  • Deep
  • Queen
  • Purple

• I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the coverage I've received of the album that the musicians got wonderful reviews for their contributions and abilities. I think the four musicians played freely within my limits.

  

  Eberhard Weber
  • Present
  • Musicians
  • Limits

• I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • Religion
  • Ego
  • Losing

• Single mums do come in for a hard time. Society is incredibly judgmental. I know this.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Time
  • Society
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• I loved school. But when I started 'Party of Five' in the fifth grade, I was taken out of school and tutored on the set.

  

  Lacey Chabert
  • School
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• I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as well as write and direct. When I moved to Delhi and joined Hindu College, theatre became a very big part of my life.

  

  Imtiaz Ali
  • Life
  • College
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• I had to accept the fact that sometimes things happen that are out of our hands.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Sometimes
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• I was really ambitious, so I was innovative. I was one of the first DJs to do live calls, 'cause I found this phone device that would pick up other people's voices.

  

  Idris Elba
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• It is not our sexual preferences, the color of our skin, the language we speak, nor the religion we practice that creates friction, hatred and wars amongst in society. It is our words and the words of our leaders that can create that disparity.

  

  Yehuda Berg
  • Society
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• I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful.

  

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  • Spending
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• I never like to be the same, whether it be comedy or drama, funny or serious.

  

  Faith Prince
  • Funny
  • Comedy
  • Serious

• America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Men
  • Job
  • America

• I hate performing on live television. It's so scary, because, if you screw up, you don't really get any retakes. So when I do television shows now, having been on 'Idol' really helps me mentally to just kind of take it all in. So I learned a lot from it.

  

  Phillip Phillips
  • Up
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• I tried snowboarding before, and I suck at it.

  

  Pepa DJ Spinderella

• Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist - how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!

  

  Bill Watterson
  • Life

• Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.

  

  George Ayittey
  • People
  • Animal

• A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.

  

  Pauline Phillips
  • Church

• In the Church, priests also are sinners. But I am personally convinced that the constant presence in the press of the sins of Catholic priests, especially in the United States, is a planned campaign, as the percentage of these offenses among priests is not higher than in other categories, and perhaps it is even lower.

  

  Pope Benedict XVI
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