Peter Hollingworth Quotes
I just think in this world of extreme religious pluralism, the great spectrum of things ranging from the healthy and the respectable, and the balance and the true and tried, you go down to quite bizarre things which are very risky for people, particularly people who are young or vulnerable or unable to discriminate.
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All diseases run into one, old age.
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I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.
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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
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Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Almost all of us have an elevator or two in our lives somewhere. We wait for them, we ride on them. We're annoyed by the wait but pleased with the lift.
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I just think in this world of extreme religious pluralism, the great spectrum of things ranging from the healthy and the respectable, and the balance and the true and tried, you go down to quite bizarre things which are very risky for people, particularly people who are young or vulnerable or unable to discriminate.
