Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes
Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.
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You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change.
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The life of an actor can be very enviable.
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You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
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I don't have stamina in exercise... but I have it in life.
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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
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I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.
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I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.
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Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.
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Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them being idiots at home.
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A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it.
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It's so easy to fall into a comfortable groove in life where you do the things that you like, and because of that, often times, we don't grow or change because we're not pushing ourselves.
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Our Yes towards life from the very beginning carries within it the Divine No which breaks forth from the antithesis and points away from what now was the thesis to the original and final synthesis. The No is not the last and highest truth, but the call from home which comes in answer to our asking for God in the world.
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Who looks in the sun will see no light else; but also he will see no shadow. Our life revolves unceasingly, but the centre is ever the same, and the wise will regard only the seasons of the soul.
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You need a balance in life. You just cannot be all the time on an adrenalin peak. You need to recharge.
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I grew up loving women and without misogyny, rancour or prejudice, totally loved and loving. And no matter what has happened since, I don't think I have treated women in my life very badly.
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I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.
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I've saved every dime I've made in my life.
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I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.
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My mother is a proud Brazilian. I love visiting my family in Rio; the city and its people are so vibrant and amazing.
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Until now, searching the Web has lacked the power of intuition, ... We have built an industry-compatible platform that marries computing algorithms and human thought, allowing users to access Jetpaks created by a social network of individuals who have found and created new online information.
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I do my best work under pressure, so I’ll nick an artery, and my husband isn’t allowed to stanch the bleeding till I’ve banged out a chapter.
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The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.
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Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.
