Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign.
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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I have the sensation of doing something good for people, more than being a trendy artist or a successful artist.
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.
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It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be.
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I think that boy bands as a whole are really coming back.
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The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.
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A hedge fund manager whose clients demand monthly performance reports has different needs than any individual investors with a 20-year time horizon. The needs of that long-term investor differ markedly from someone who is retiring in three years.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.
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You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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It was my dream, and probably the dream of every one of us, to bring about a revision of the Versailles Treaty by peaceful means, which was provided for in that very treaty.
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In 2001, I was being treated for breast cancer, and I was pretty sure I was going to recover.
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I know he played on the last record but I don't wake up in the middle of the night thinking of Eric Clapton.
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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I think there are narratives going on all the time that we think of as tangential - up until they turn out to be deciding factors in our lives.
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A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
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While pride sometimes instills courage and perseverance in the pursuit of hazardous enterprises, it is always an evil counsellor in determining whether a proposed objective is expedient or not.
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My own boyfriend didn't think I had the hypothetical balls to have sex in the park or go to a drag ball in the eighteen hundreds. Was I that much of a wimp?
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If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign.
