Leslie Earl Maxwell (L. E. Maxwell) Quotes
As soon as the Cross ceases to be to us, first of all, the place of utmost shame and contempt, we make the Cross of Christ of none effect.
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People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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I came from two harsh dictatorships, Nazi and Stalinist. I never thought of becoming a writer as such, yet in a lucid moment, I recognised what I had to do.
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I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She made me play baseball - I had no desire to do that. I said, 'Mom, I don't like direct sunlight, I don't like bugs, I don't like grass, and I'd rather be in the house playing with your fabric samples.'
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People said I couldn't gig, and I proved them wrong.
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I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.
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At least international media can see how I am trying to change the typical orthodox mindset of people who don't want to come out of their shells of false beliefs and old practices.
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Everyone who has sarcoidosis is affected differently.
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I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn't a star, just an actress. Forget it. I'm a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it.
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It's fair to say that I have a side that is prudent and a side that is not.
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With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase their hours seems to be both unworkable and unfair.
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I gravitate towards happy music. I love the Beach Boys.
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I could sit right here and have a 15-minute conversation with somebody and change their whole life.
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I don't mind being goofy and silly. I love to make people laugh and I'm not self-conscious.
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Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one.
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I will repeat again that females are the symbols of nonviolence. Another thing I would say is that a female is more compromising. A female can talk with anyone easily.
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I've had people turn up to book signings with knives, with guns.
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Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character.
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Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.
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An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
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I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world in which every child gets his rights.
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We must not have an economy that discourages and chases away investors from investing in South Africa.
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As soon as the Cross ceases to be to us, first of all, the place of utmost shame and contempt, we make the Cross of Christ of none effect.
