Isaac of Nineveh Quotes
Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don't want to be anybody's role model.
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Bailing out every bank that fails makes the system riskier, not safer.
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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
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I had planned to spend my 40s continuing my public service and starting a family. I thought that by fighting for the people I cared about and loving those close to me, I could leave the world a better place.
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I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.
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It's kind of funny, with all of the different outlets that come from acting that you could try, I would love to direct and kind of be involved in art direction, too.
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I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?
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Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die.
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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
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People just want to have access to all of the world's music.
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I just think everything we do has an unintended consequence. We take out Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Iraq was the check against Iran.
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The feigning sleeper can delude others - he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.
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We have every reason to rejoice when there are so many gains and when favorable conditions abound on every hand. The end is not yet in sight, but it can not be far away. The road before us is shorter than the road behind.
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The clarinet chose me more than I chose the clarinet.
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I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.
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The camera looks into your soul.
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I like to protect children. I mean, there's nothing wrong with having adult programming for mature adults that can selectively decide what they want to watch and what they don't want to watch.
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Now that I've met you,Would you object toNever seeing each other again?'Cause I can't afford toClimb aboard you.No one's got that much ego to spend.So don't work your stuff,Because I've got troubles enough.No, don't pick on meWhen one act of kindness could beDeathly,Deathly,Definitely.
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The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.
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Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.
