Helen Keller Quotes
While the right friends are near us, we feel that all is well. Our everyday life blossoms suddenly into bright possibilities.
Quotes to Explore
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The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
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You need to get down among the people who are the dirtiest and dustiest, and the depravity, and you need to see Christ's light shining there.
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I've always believed in a higher power. You can call it God, you can call it Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, Allah, I don't care. I really believe we are all a part of God.
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We don't really think that much about what we do; it's just fun.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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That was the beauty of 'Twin Peaks.' The young people had just as deep of storylines as the older generation in town.
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Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all.
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If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe.
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I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
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The best revolutions are unplanned, and the most democratic are leaderless.
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When I think of my work, I'm aware that I'm American and African at all points and times. And without a doubt, my experience and understanding of America was shaped by having immigrant parents.
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We have to get back to a government where leaders are willing to talk across party lines and do not have absolute politics as the goal.
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We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.
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I'm a big believer that if you're happy and your employees are happy, your customers are going to be happy. If you're unhappy and your employees are unhappy, there's no way your customers are going to be happy.
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I love the personality of Schiaparelli so much.
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I don't regret any of the musical decisions I have made.
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When you make a piece, one of the interesting things is hearing what other people think about it.
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Let me pose you a question. Can farm-raised salmon be organic when its feed has nothing to do with its natural diet, even if the feed itself is supposedly organic, and the fish themselves are packed tightly in pens, swimming in their own filth?
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Writing has been as difficult for me as for people who don't like to write and as little fun.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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It is so pleasant to learn about new things. Every day I find how little I know, but I do not feel discouraged since God has given me an eternity in which to learn more.
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A man came round in hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't, I had to amputate your arms"
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While the right friends are near us, we feel that all is well. Our everyday life blossoms suddenly into bright possibilities.
