Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.
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I was the 'no one understands me' teenager. But I think truly I've realized now that I didn't understand a thing myself. So I just had some livin' to do.
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I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.
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I look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling their hair! I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny. And wonderful.
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It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
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I think Mickey Gall's going to be really good.
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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A lot of women in sport tend to take on a very masculine, aggressive look. They want to be perceived as being strong and powerful. I never lost that sense of wanting to retain my femininity.
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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I'd hate to see new housing building accelerating while taking down buildings where there's 50 people living in rent-stabilized apartments.
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I have great childhood memories of my mother baking, and I was always a willing participant, especially if it meant I could revarnish the kitchen floor with treacle.
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You're under pressure when you produce facts. You're working with facts in journalism, but you're under all kinds of formal constraints; there are expectations.
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The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.
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We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.
