Eugene McCarthy Quotes
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Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.
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Pure womanhood plus priesthood means exaltation. But womanhood without priesthood, or priesthood without pure womanhood doesn't spell exaltation.
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Trust is that there should be no difference between what you do and say and what you think.
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The purpose of daily prayer is the cultivation of a sense of the sacred. Sacred energy renews us.
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We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike.
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Deemest thou laborOnly is earnest?Grave is all beauty,Solemn is joy.
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We live between two worlds; we soar in the atmosphere; we creep upon the soil; we have the aspirations of creators and the propensities of quadrupeds. There can be but one explanation of this fact. We are passing from the animal into a higher form, and the drama of this planet is in its second act.
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Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.
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I don't know if commerce can every truly be information. I think that's just commerce, that's just selling you something.
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Father in Heaven! When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile.
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Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that which is, that which will be. Of these the present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain.
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There is this presumption, in those who feel destined for art and above all literature: we act as if we had received an investiture, but in fact no one has invested us with anything, it is we who have authorized ourselves to be authors.
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I'm big into Eastern concepts. The horror of life, the love of children, the whole phantasmagoria - it's all meaningless. Be still, and see what happens. All of life unfolds perfectly. You have to get beyond consciousness.
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Very interested in expanding the number of participants who will take part in laying the new gas pipeline in Europe.
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When I don't think biblically, I go nuts. I just go, 'This is crazy.'
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I can still smell the tear gas in the Hilton Hotel.
