George MacDonald Quotes
When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.
Quotes to Explore
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
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Blogs are quite a new development - now, everyone wants to know you, everyone wants to know everything about you. And you can build a following that way. In a way, it's a good thing if you want to create a buzz around yourself.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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In tactics and training, we do more with Conte. We work a lot of tactical positions, and we know exactly what we have to do on the pitch, where I have to go, and where the defenders have to go. We know exactly what to do.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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We should always remember that it is by His invitation that we come to His holy house, the temple of the Lord. We should respond to His invitation by being worthy, by being prepared, and by having the temple as a priority in our lives. While in the temple we should act as if we are in His holy presence.
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I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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We feel like 'Lost' deserved a real resolution, not a 'snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black' kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.
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America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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I want women to have more access to quality care, and the access to healthcare for women is not through Planned Parenthood; it is through community health centers across the state.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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Women played no part in Athenian high culture. They could not vote, attend the theatre, or walk in the stoa talking philosophy. But the male orientation of Greek culture was inseparable of its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny.
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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
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What we do in life is determined by how we communicate to ourselves. In the modern world, the quality of life is the quality of communication.
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No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session.
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When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.
