Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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All I can do is make good music and make it for the fans, not for anybody else.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.
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My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
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Even if I tried to fill up the stadium in Ramat Gan, I don't think I could.
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Soon, I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain.
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Akira Kurosawa as quoted in Kamiski, Michael (2007). The Secret History of Star Wars(PDF). p. 48. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
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The best philanthropy is anonymous charity. When you’re doing it for the right reasons, and not to tell everyone how nice you are. That’s self-aggrandizement. That’s also OK: if you want credit, that’s OK. But the higher giving is anonymous giving.
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I do a lot of voice over for Japanese anime titles as well as live-action stuff and original stuff from the States. 'Legion of Super Heroes,' 'New Wolverine: The X - Men' animated series, 'Afro Samurai' and some live-action stuff, TV shows here and there - I like to mix it up.
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You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of No.12, do you? Anyway, as I keep telling everyone, you can't blame me for looking like this on purpose.
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The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ.
