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'm a Cubs fan. As a kid, the Cubs were my team.
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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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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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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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who should give a clear answer to the question of whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction or not.
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Give me, for my life, all lives, give me all the pain of everyone, I'm going to turn it into hope. Give me all the joys, even the most secret, because otherwise how will these things be known? I have to tell them, give me the labors of everyday, for that's what I sing.
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Fue adondo a mi me perdieron quw logre por fin encontrarme? Was it where they lost me that I finally found myself?
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If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn't real.
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Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came.
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It’s a downer to tell anything to a kid. I once had a kid ask me, 'What was it like to see the first automobile?' Shit, man, I was born in 1962.
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Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.
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The prayer of one who does not consider himself a sinner is not accepted by the Lord.
