Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
Do not be fooled by those who see you as just another consumer in a market of undifferentiated possibilities, where choice itself becomes the good, novelty usurps beauty, and subjective experience displaces truth.
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
Val McDermid
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
Carl Hagelin
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I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.
Karen Allen
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
Bai Ling
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
Zach Johnson The Fray
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
Jack Dempsey
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
Patricia Kaas
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You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
Van Morrison
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
Oliver Reed
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When I see the Ten Most Wanted Lists... I always have this thought: If we'd made them feel wanted earlier, they wouldn't be wanted now.
Eddie Cantor
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Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent.
Natalie Portman
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I received my doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1910.
Karl von Frisch
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Each color lives by its mysterious life.
Wassily Kandinsky
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You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
L'Wren Scott
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
Naguib Mahfouz
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There has been a terrible hemorrhage of educated women to the West where they can flourish. I understand, but it is terrible. We must stay home.
Fatema Mernissi
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I almost never cry, and it's something I don't like about myself. I sometimes try and make myself cry. Sometimes, when I'm in pain, I say if I could just cry it would make it so much easier.
Sam Taylor-Wood
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Monday Night Football started in 1970, and when it started, it was something extremely special because sports had not been aired in prime time. So, it was a novelty, and a lot of people thought it wouldn't work, and, of course, it worked spectacularly well.
Al Michaels
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If one had taken what is necessary to cover one's needs and had left the rest to those who are in need, no one would be rich, no one would be poor, no one would be in need.
Saint Basil
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Cyber weapons won't go away, and their spread can't be controlled. Instead, as we've done for other destructive technologies, the world needs to establish a set of principles to determine the proper conduct of governments regarding cyber conflict.
Jared Cohen
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Isn't it strange that religious prejudices - beliefs none possess, not even the saints, so they have lamented - divide brothers and sons from their fathers. You see, I except mothers and sisters; the female is not a religious animal. If she were, the world would have ceased long ago.
George A. Moore
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I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but it was tough to watch. But it was good in the end because a Kenyan, Wilfred Bungei, was the champion.
David Rudisha
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Do not be fooled by those who see you as just another consumer in a market of undifferentiated possibilities, where choice itself becomes the good, novelty usurps beauty, and subjective experience displaces truth.
Pope Benedict XVI