Joseph Butler Quotes
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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How lucky am I?
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Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God doesn't change. The reality of worship doesn't change, not at heart, anyway. So Christianity appears to be stuck.
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You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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The first time Adrian saw me was on tape. But you should know that this never works - never in the history of movies has someone been cast from a video.
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Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice.
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Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.
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If you want to meet a woman, it's best just to smile and say hi.
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It's very difficult to balance different audiences and talk to each one without selling the others short. There is no universal literature - or, if there is, I don't know how to write it.
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We're homebodies. I've gotten to see my kids' first steps, first smiles, first words. Every day is a weekend.
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The reason I was angry all the time was that Gloria Steinem and all those people, without reading my work, were saying all these horrible things against me.
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I'm living my dream right now. I get to make music, perform and travel.
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I mostly want to be friends with my children.
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For where else, if not in the home, can we let our imagination wander?
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Most established comic writers have a fixed style or methodology, so what you get on page one of the first issue is about the same for the last page of the series.
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I kind of muddled through 'Pride & Prejudice,' but with 'Atonement,' I knew what I was doing. That makes it sound like I had no doubt. I had doubts - I didn't know whether it would work. But I knew exactly what I wanted to try to do.
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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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It seems to me we are losing our way in an effort to get the ratings.
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Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with.