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
  • Knowledge
  • Know
  • Knowing

• 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
  • American
  • Me
  • English

• I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.

  

  Karen Allen
  • Life
  • Myself
  • Independent

• Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.

  

  Bai Ling
  • Two
  • Directors
  • Asian

• 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
  • Real
  • You
  • Need

• Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

  

  Jack Dempsey
  • Chance
  • Living
  • Nobody

• People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.

  

  Patricia Kaas
  • People
  • Career
  • Me

• 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
  • Music
  • Change
  • Same

• Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.

  

  Oliver Reed
  • People
  • Great
  • True

• 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
  • Thought
  • See
  • Now

• Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Beautiful
  • Just
  • Scent

• I received my doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1910.

  

  Karl von Frisch
  • University
  • Doctorate

• Each color lives by its mysterious life.

  

  Wassily Kandinsky
  • Life
  • Color
  • Mysterious

• 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
  • God
  • Perfect
  • Person

• You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • Man
  • Wise
  • Questions

• 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
  • Women
  • Home
  • Educated

• 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
  • Pain
  • Myself
  • Sometimes

• We have little bags we pack specifically for touch-up makeup if you're chosen for the top 16. I knew I had to sneak in my banana because nothing calms my nerves like it! I don't know if it's the potassium, but I need it before I get on stage because it always calms me down.

  

  Olivia Culpo
  • Up
  • Me
  • Makeup

• My approach to music is very deep. I do not compromise with anybody or anything else in the world. I do not care. I want to really go beyond this materialistic world...not for the sake of enjoyment, entertainment, no. A musician must lift up the souls of the listeners, and take them towards Space.

  

  Nikhil Banerjee
  • Music
  • Approach
  • Compromise

• I had great teachers, great ensembles, and great companies to work with who supported my career.

  

  Liev Schreiber
  • Work
  • Great
  • Career

• There's been a tremendous amount of work that's been done that you can't see in Columbia.

  

  Duane G. Carey
  • Work
  • Done

• If they have covered your face with latex, you have to control yourself mentally so you won't think. If you start thinking, you will succumb to panic. I had a bit of a cold, and frankly I didn't have a good time.

  

  Meg Tilly
  • Time
  • Good
  • Thinking

• 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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