Isaac of Nineveh Quotes
The prayer of one who does not consider himself a sinner is not accepted by the Lord.
Quotes to Explore
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Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.
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I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love.
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I'm a Cubs fan. As a kid, the Cubs were my team.
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In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew.
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There's a difference between those who breed terrorism and those who fight terrorism. This difference should be recognised by the people of India.
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One should never be so formal that one loses life, but one should never be so informal that one becomes without form of any kind.
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I'm quite interested in the absolute roots of narrative, why we tell stories at all: where the monsters come from.
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If you try to force yourself into change, then change will never stick.
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All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn't have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
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I do not keep a diary. Never have. To write a diary every day is like returning to one's own vomit.
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Every time somebody would ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I would always say, 'I want to be on Broadway!'
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Blood: A red substance believed to be capable of supporting life but which in a theatrical drama invariably indicates death.
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If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
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All of us need to grow continuously in our lives.
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As I've grown older, I've grown more convinced there's nothing that shouldn't be talked about. If we think we're protecting each other, we're not.
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People can save the world by the way they think and by the way they behave and what they hold to be important.
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Try it first And you'll see its a blessing And it's not a curse.
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To be conformed to this world is to risk the loss of one’s eternal soul.
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I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of the word begin to move around. Stressed accents begin to invert. The word abandons its meaning like an overload which is too heavy and prevents dreaming. Then words take on other meanings as if they had the right to be young. And the words wander away, looking in the nooks and crannies of vocabulary for new company, bad company.
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An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too.
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The network was fantastic, but you get a lot of anxiety with any production. It was very helpful to have both of us because we could back each other up. As a creator, a director and a filmmaker, you often get assaulted and you lose perspective because you have all of this pressure. It was so nice to call him and say, "What do you think?"
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Socialism is the completion of democracy, not the negation of it.
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Disease an never be conquered, can never be quelled by emotion's willful screaming or faith's symbolic prayer. It can only be conquered by the energy of humanity and the cunning in the mind of man. In the patience of a Curie, in the enlightenment of a Faraday, a Rutherford, a Pasteur, a Nightingale, and all other apostles of light and cleanliness, rather than of a woebegone godliness, we shall find final deliverance from plague, pestilence, and famine.
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The prayer of one who does not consider himself a sinner is not accepted by the Lord.
