R. S. Thomas Quotes

Man is a dream about a shadow. But when some splendour falls upon him from God, a glory comes to him and his life is sweet.

R. S. Thomas

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• I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.

  

  Garth Brooks
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• God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.

  

  Natalie Cole
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• I feel pressure, but my emotions just don't show that much in my face.

  

  Inbee Park
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• Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.

  

  Caity Lotz
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• I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.

  

  Halston Sage
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• I'm not the biggest comic book fan.

  

  Fran Kranz
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• We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.

  

  Daniel Drew
  • Want
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• I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.

  

  Candace Kita
  • Model
  • First
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• I am Cuban, my parents are Cuban, and I was not adopted.

  

  Oscar Nunez
  • Parents
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• The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Time
  • World
  • Work

• One can not impede scientific progress.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • Science
  • Progress

• The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.

  

  Walter Rudolf Hess
  • Law
  • Positive
  • Thought

• With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Girl
  • Like
  • Serious

• Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.

  

  Rachel Stevens
  • Music
  • Market
  • Other

• Some of the most significant advances in molecular biology have relied upon the methodology of genetics. The same statement may be made concerning our understanding of immunological phenomena.

  

  Baruj Benacerraf
  • May
  • Understanding
  • Same

• 'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'

  

  Sam Simon
  • God
  • Money
  • Thought

• There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I'm proud of them, but I've no interest in listening to them.

  

  Damien Rice
  • Beautiful
  • Proud
  • Listening

• It may sound cliched, but 'Strictly' is a real journey. I try to encourage my partner to stay in as long as they can, but above all to enjoy it.

  

  Anton du Beke
  • Long
  • Real
  • May

• It is also possible within this lifetime to enhance the power of the mind, enabling one to reaccess memories from previous lives. Such recollection tends to be more accessible during meditative experiences in the dream state. Once one has accessed memories of previous lives in the dream state, one gradually recalls them in the waking state.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Mind
  • Power
  • Dream

• Every movie that I do, if you analyze the stories, you can notice that in each story, that within the movie after the first 15 minutes, it could fall apart. Or every 10 minutes it has the chance that you lose the thread. On the other hand, if you succeed in putting them together, then the movie looks spontaneous and more like cinema.

  

  Emir Kusturica
  • Together
  • Movie
  • Hand

• Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.

  

  Charles Bent
  • God
  • Prayer

• And whoso is found a faithful, a just, and a wise steward shall enter into the joy of his Lord, and shall inherit eternal life.

  

  Quentin L. Cook
  • Life
  • Joy
  • Wise

• Man is a dream about a shadow. But when some splendour falls upon him from God, a glory comes to him and his life is sweet.

  

  R. S. Thomas
  • Life
  • God
  • Dream