Saint Augustine Quotes
We count on God's mercy for our past mistakes, on God's love for our present needs, on God's sovereignty for our future.
Quotes to Explore
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Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the vast majority of states in the U.S.
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It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.
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I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
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My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.
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There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.
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In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.
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When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal to discriminate on grounds of sexuality. I'd been warned that he might giggle if I mentioned homosexuality.
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But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the war on terror is not in the Afghan villages or homes. Its in the sanctuaries, it is in the training grounds, its in the motivation factors and the money that comes to it.
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Women are just much better at getting degrees than men. It seems that school at every level plays to the natural strengths of women more than it does to men.
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To be fair, I don't think it's a plague to say I have the misfortune of making movies for a living.
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As long as the chromosome reproduced itself in sufficient dominance, he was immortal! To him, in an unscientific age, the problem did not present itself quite like that; but he realized that there was a trait to be kept in the family.
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If human language, with its logic, is the way God has given us to understand the world, then the Torah must be understood in that same language and with that same logic.
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After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world.
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But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not earned. Augustine said it this way: Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.
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Squash has been my life and I owe a lot to the sport.
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We count on God's mercy for our past mistakes, on God's love for our present needs, on God's sovereignty for our future.
