Socrates Quotes
The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.
Quotes to Explore
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Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
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If God wants to take my left arm, that's OK, as long as I can walk and play with my kids. I'm a lot improved. I was worse than this after the accident.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
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Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not.
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God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.
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God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.
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Personally, I'm not into reality shows - I can't even name a reality show that I was a really big fan of, altogether as a whole, not just from MTV. Like, if ABC has another reality show, I'm like, 'Oh God, another reality show.' But people love them. 'The Hills', 'Laguna Beach'... those do extremely well. It's just a personal preference.
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I grew up in China, but I live in the U.S. and I want my children to understand what's going on over there. They ask me sometimes, 'Are we Chinese or Australians?' My family are in L.A., New York and China, and they have the freedom to go back and forth, which is really, really nice.
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God makes stars. I just produce them.
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I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great.
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The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings.
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My live show is almost like a meditation. An emotional apex - that's what I want it to feel like.
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Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not.
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Sometimes I pray when I really feel like I need God to help me with something, and sometimes we just have conversations. We just kick it.
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I believe in one power, and that is the hand of God. I respect all religions.
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God is that inner presence which makes us admire the beautiful and consoles us for not sharing the happiness of the wicked.
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[Donald] Trump phenomenon is just marbles with all this toxic stuff, the misogyny, the outright bigotry and so now people are left to try to pull this apart.
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I really don't care much about baseball, or looking at ball games, major or minor. All my interest in baseball is in its statistics.
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In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government.
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We've become so accustomed to teaching to the tests that we've forgotten about a child's joy of discovery.
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The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.
