Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
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At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.
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God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.
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Free love sounds great.
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I think that's what art is about: to provoke you. It helps me make sense of a senseless universe because I become the god of the story. I create it, and I see it in all its lineaments in my own way and can control it – in a world in which everything else is out of control.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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I reject the insurance model. I think we should have a free-market approach to healthcare.
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Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.
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There is a tension in relationships between wanting to return to the womb, but also wanting to be free. Because sometimes the woman's attentions can be overly maternal, and you want to go, 'Ahhhh!'
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When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!'
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God makes stars. I just produce them.
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Bitterness and unforgiveness block the flow of God's blessing in your life and actually hinder your prayers.
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If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
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In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster.
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God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.
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Between 'there is a God' and 'there is no God' lies a whole vast tract, which the really wise man crosses with great effort. A Russian knows one or other of these two extremes, and the middle tract between them does not interest him; and therefore he usually knows nothing, or very little. (Diary, 1897)
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At what point do you say, ‘Enough is enough’? Well, the world has to say it - remember that the Sudetenland was given in an attempt to appease Hitler to prevent World War II.
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I hope that we continue with exploration.
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Once in a while, when I'm out on the lawn, I'll jump around and do a couple of things. Here's a secret: The older you get, the more difficult it gets. The smallest little injury stays with you for so long. But that's how it goes, and it doesn't stop me. I'm always ready to do something that hurts a little!
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Throughout Finnegans Wake Joyce specifies the Tower of Babel as the tower of Sleep, that is, the tower of the witless assumption, or what Bacon calls the reign of the Idols.
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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
