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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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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I'm very motivated by the occasional creative payoff that comes when something goes really well, be it a song, a recording or performance. The payoff is enormous - when you get it. Most of the time, though, I'm filled with self-loathing and general frustration at the limitations I have as a musician.
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People put themselves in difficult situations in lots of different areas. What you count on is people taking every precaution. The aerospace industry is unique in this aspect because a thousandths-of-an-inch mistake can cause spectacular failures.
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N.B. this book and pensées not important and the temptation to mistake them for Creation must be resisted.
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Don't offer God partnership when he wants penitence. Don't present him with lip service when He wants your life.
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Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and civil rights, equal rights for all, but having visited developing nations and some of the poorest nations in the world, I realize how deep it goes and how much work really needs to be done to create equality for all.
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I would love to work with Robert De Niro or Al Pacino. I think they're wonderful actors.
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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.
