Eva Figes Quotes
Sadly, man recognises that the ideal, submissive woman he has created for himself is somehow not quite what he wanted.
Quotes to Explore
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Le désir s'accroît quand l'effet se recule.
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It is superstitious to equate our feelings and inclinations with the leading of the Holy Spirit.
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If sin rules in me, God's life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed.
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Free speech not only lives, it rocks!
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Every reader his or her book.
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I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind.
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The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.
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It is just a thing. Whether it is good or bad depends what you do with it. If you don't like what you are doing with it then it is simply a reflection of what you are as an individual, an organisation or a society and that is what you have to fix.
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Words belong to each other.
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Lady, the sun's light to our eyes is dear, And fair the tranquil reaches of the sea, And flowery earth in May, and bounding waters; And so right many fair things I might praise; Yet nothing is so radiant and so fair As for souls childless, with desire sore-smitten, To see the light of babes about the house.
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Technically, I suppose I was following all the right behavior patterns of a trustafarian.
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Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.
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In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take.
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To image the being of God towards the world, to be the priest of creation, is to behave towards the world in all its aspects, of work, and of play, in such a way that it may come to be what it was created to be, that which praises its maker by becoming perfect in its own way. In all this, there is room for both usefulness and beauty to take their due place, but differently according to differences of activity and object.
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The child inside of you knows how to take things as they come, how to deal most effectively and happily with everything and everyone it encounters on this planet. If you can recapture that childlike essence of your being, you can stay 'forever young at heart.'
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I that in heill wes and gladnes Am trublit now with gret seiknes And feblit with infermite: Timor Mortis conturbat me.* * Fear of Death troubles me.
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And Peter laughed, and when he did, all the Devils grinned, because Peter's laugh was a most contagious thing.
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Sadly, man recognises that the ideal, submissive woman he has created for himself is somehow not quite what he wanted.
