John Nelson Darby Quotes
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There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.
Dalai Lama
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The Chinese have made a faustian pact with the government, agreeing to forsake demands for political and intellectual freedom in exchange for more material comfort. They live prosperous lives in which any expression of pain is forbidden.
Ma Jian
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I don't know what I would have done without believing in God. His support gives me power and energy to continue to be optimistic, to smile, not to be depressed. Sometimes, if things are not going so well, I don't cry. I say maybe it's meant to be.
Ofra Haza
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Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I don't order laws, I propose them.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
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Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!
Ada Cambridge
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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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Hamp would ask me about tempos in the band: 'Jacquet,' he'd say, 'knock off that tempo.' A lot of jazz musicians didn't prefer to play for dancers, which was their loss, really. But good jazz has always had that dance feel.
Illinois Jacquet
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Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.
Queen Victoria
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I don't want to think about what I'm doing in 20 years. All I want is I want to be happy, and I hope my family are healthy. And that's all, really.
Sam Smith
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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.
Jacob Bronowski
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If I have a feeling of not trusting, I don't get too close.
Nadia Comaneci
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Most people go to ashrams or retreats to destress and rejuvenate themselves. But I come back to my roots, the place where I spent half my life. And when I return, I spend time in the farms, eating a stalk of sugarcane, driving a tractor, and chilling with childhood friends.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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Holiday hiring is only useful if you get the right people, and the consensus among HR professionals is that the most consistent and efficient means of finding good people is to use word of mouth. Namely, this is because focusing on referrals means that only people who are already within your network will apply.
Fabrizio Moreira
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Nothing is wasted.
E. V. Lucas
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I found the most convincing part to be the working stiffs, the guys who have a modest home and kids who go to public schools. They make $75,000 to $100,000 a year. That's not much to live on. I don't have to tell you that.
Jack Valenti
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We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. We need others physically, emotionally, intellectually; we need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves.
C. S. Lewis
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Only when a woman shares male risks can she really begin to understand men.
Warren Farrell
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We give up what we want to give up and keep what in some way we still want to keep. There are payoffs for holding on to small, weak patterns. We have an excuse not to shine. We don't have to take responsibility for the world when we're spending all our time in emotional pain. We're too busy. The truth that sets us free is an embrace of the divine within us.
Marianne Williamson
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The man who comes to writing late, but is in essence a writer, may sometimes gain as much as he has lost: his experience of life has given him a subject, he is spared the youthful writer's self-torment and soul-searching.
Wright Morris
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I don't really want to have any part of getting guilty people off.
Nancy Grace
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When Phil and I started out, everyone hated rock n' roll. The record companies didn't like it at all - felt it was an unnecessary evil. And the press: interviewers were always older than us, and they let you know they didn't like your music, they were just doing the interview because it was their job.
Don Everly
The Everly Brothers
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When I was growing up in Terrell, Texas, I felt that it was not where I was supposed to be. I knew that I was meant for a different destination. I think that the minute I was born, there was something inside telling me where I would go, it's like energy - an intangible destiny.
Jamie Foxx
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The presence of the Holy Spirit is the keystone of all our hopes.
John Nelson Darby
