Saint Augustine Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.
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Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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They that are intoxicated by self-conceit have interposed themselves between it and the Divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. They can neither discover the cause of the disease, nor have they any knowledge of the remedy.
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Inspire your children. I promise, your kids will think you're cool if you do this. They may not tell you that now, but they'll thank you later in life.
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My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
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No history can be a faithful mirror. If it were, it would be as long and as dull as life itself. It must be a selection, and, being a selection, must inevitably be biased.
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Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
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I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
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The school is the servant of the workshop and will one day be absorbed in it. Therefore there will be no teachers or pupils in the Bauhaus but masters, journeymen, and apprentices.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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If you're powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside.
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They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
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If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.
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I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.
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I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book.
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Mel will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number.
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Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?
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The state of our civilization manifests itself both in the non-problems that terrify us beyond all reason - rising sea levels - and in the real problems we pay no heed to [population decline]...In reality, much of the planet will be uninhabited long before it's uninhabitable
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I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
