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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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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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.
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I often say poetry was my first love.
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You have to be literate in today's world. We're not going to get away with not teaching boys to read.
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Sometimes you feel a need to express yourself, and there is no better way than to go to places where people need everything. It's dramatic, it's tragic. You just can't understand why, in the world of today, there are still things like that. The images you see on TV kill you. Of course when you are there (at these trouble spots) you can't turn off the TV. You are face-to-face with reality.
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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.
