Sophocles Quotes
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You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.
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There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions.
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Being sick is the reason I went into comedy.
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I'm really busy, but I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.
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I was 16 when I auditioned for the series '8 Simple Rules.' They cast the kids first.
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I grew up reading a lot of superhero comics, so it's really fun to take a shot at one myself and see what happens.
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There's always a positive to those negative times, because you come out of it so much stronger and wiser. Strength comes from every hardship, and it's been a lesson for me.
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A practical help in keeping your personal purity unblemished in your relations with other people is to begin to see them as God does. Say to yourself, “That man or that woman is perfect in Christ Jesus! That friend or that relative is perfect in Christ Jesus!
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I think what you have to do is have a box office success in every genre and then you're set for life. And fortunately, I happened to do that, so I get a myriad of offers of various sorts.
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But that quickly faded, and he frowned. "You're bleeding," he said. "What happened?" Claire sighed and held up her wrist to show him the bandage. "Man, you would be so embarrassed if I said it was something else." Michael looked blank. "I'm a girl, Michael, it could have been all natural, you know. Tampons?
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The recognition of the law of the cause and effect, also known as karma, is a fundamental key to understand how you've created your world, with actions of your body, speech and mind. When you truly understand karma, then you realize you are responsible for everything in your life. It is incredibly empowering to know that your future is in your hands.
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Doubting does not prove that a man has no faith, but only that his faith is small. And even when our faith is small, the Lord is ready to help us.
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The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails.
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So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that's alive in your heart. That's the one you have to write.
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Unfounded hate only multiplies quarrels.
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Practice being grateful for everything that life has blessed you with.
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Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds.
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Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid. Everyone knows this is true, but few can put it into practice. Therefore the Master remains serene in the midst of sorrow. Evil cannot enter his heart. Because he has given up helping, he is people's greatest help. True words seem paradoxical.
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It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.
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I had been invited to speak after the lunch. But I did not go to the table until the feast ended, as I never like to eat or talk before speaking.
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The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
