Saint Augustine Quotes
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm like John Q. Public. I represent what every guy wants and needs.
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Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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To most boys with growing limbs and swelling sinews, physical activity is a natural instinct, and there is no need to drive them into the football field or the fives court: they go there because they like it, and there is no need to make games compulsory for them.
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You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.
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I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.
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The worst is when I know I'm going to have to cry in a scene.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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All I wanted to do was be a working actor.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
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It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.
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If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.
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I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.
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I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.
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I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
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Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.
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There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes.
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But Sasha who after all had no English blood in her but was from Russia where the sunsets are longer, the dawns less sudden, and sentences often left unfinished from doubt as to how best to end them.
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Woe to those who despise devotion to Mary! ... The soul cannot live without having recourse to Mary and recommending itself to her. He falls and is lost who does not have recourse to Mary.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
