Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
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Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.
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If birth matters, midwives matter. In Europe, there are hospitals where the cesarean rate is less than 10%, and you'll find midwives in these hospitals, you'll see a lot less re-admissions with infections and complications, and you'll see a lot less injury to mothers.
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I'm famous for splurging at fast-food places. I'm currently obsessed with Taco Bell's bean and cheese burritos with extra green sauce and extra cheese. Gluttony!
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Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.
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Music should be judged on what you hear, not what you think you might hear.
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So many people go through life, and they never deal with their own issues, no matter what the issues are - ours happen to be gender identity. But, how many people go through life and just waste an entire life 'cause they'd never deal with themselves to be who they are.
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James Finch has always had pretty stout cars for the restrictor-plate races and I know we'll be very competitive at Daytona.
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You're basically like glass: People see the candidates through you.
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It seems like I don't have a lot of time for all the things I need to do. I'm spreading myself fairly thin. I have responsibilities to my children. I have a big staff that works for me. And when you have a staff, and I'm sure you know this, you're always concerned with everybody's life all the time.
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Our Lord’s making of a disciple is supernatural. He does not build on any natural capacity of ours at all. God does not ask us to do the things that are naturally easy for us- He only asks us to do the things that we are perfectly fit to do through His grace, and that is where the cross we must bear will always come.
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I don't know why we play better on the road. I really don't. Chalk it up to coincidence, I guess. I don't think we care where we play, which is a good thing. But you'd like to see our home record be a little better than it is.
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What did I really think fifteen years ago? A nonbeliever, I felt guilty in the midst of all those believers. And since it seemed to me that they were in the right, I decided to believe, as you might decide to take an aspirin: It can't hurt and you might get better.
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So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that's alive in your heart. That's the one you have to write.
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Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.
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Each American embassy comes with two permanent features - a giant anti-American demonstration and a giant line for American visas. Most demonstrators spend half their time burning Old Glory and the other half waiting for green cards.
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Freedom is the real source of human happiness and creativity. Irrespective of whether you are a believer or nonbeliever, whether Buddhist, Christian, or Jew, the important thing is to be a good human being.
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In my entire life I have never seen a player of such quality and personality at such a young age, particularly wearing the 'heavy' shirt of one of the world's great clubs.
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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I have to throw off the burden and the pressure.
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People who are obsessed with Jesus do not consider service a burden. Obsessed people take joy in loving God by loving His people.
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I don't have to make my own bed.
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In embracing change, entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability.
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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
