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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Accomplish something every day of your life.
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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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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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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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I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.
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My son has made me more politically active when it comes to LGBTQ rights. When he came out, I worried about what the world was going to be like for him.
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Psychopaths are actually, really, really, really rare in our culture, are people who don't... Or in society, in the world. They're people who don't feel guilt. They're people who don't feel fear. I think that most of us feel those things. There's a kind of... They're almost like superheroes. Not to glorify them, but you know what I mean?
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Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.
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Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs.
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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.
