Hans Urs von Balthasar Quotes
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.Hans Urs von Balthasar
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
Damian Woetzel -
Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you can't fake. I'm not even talking about whether you can read a thesaurus backwards. But there is a beauty in common sense.
Wale -
One of the reasons we all still read Jane Austen is because her books are about universal things which still matter today - love, money, family. They haven't gone out of fashion, so it's not throwing the baby out with the bathwater to rework her in a contemporary style.
Val McDermid -
People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
P. J. O'Rourke -
This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.
Edouard Manet -
When life catches up with us, we all need space to dream and indulge, so I have created my own special range of bath & beauty loveliness to help you find your happy place.
Zoe Sugg
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
Iman -
I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad people do good things, and there's beauty in horror and horror in beauty.
Harmony Korine -
You can think what you like of Madonna - about her political choices and her PR - but you have to respect her courage not to let the critics stop her exploring her potential.
Natalie Dormer -
When it comes to boys and her weight, I think Ellenor is much more conservative than I am, and she has not had the dialogue I have had about my weight.
Camryn Manheim -
If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
H. G. Wells -
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
Dale Carnegie
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You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
Oscar Wilde -
If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.
Barry Mann -
Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.
Mahmoud Darwish -
One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
Moviewise, I would love to make the story of princess Erendira. She was a 16 year old princess/warrior who led her tribe in war against the Spanish around 1513. She almost defeated them, and the Tarascans were the only tribe the Aztecs couldn't defeat.
Tamara Feldman -
She is a peacock in everything but beauty.
Oscar Wilde
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I'm a big fan of comedians not having to apologize for anything. Nowadays it seems comedians are always apologizing for being funny.
Kevin Dillon -
You take responsibility for us all. Without ever waiting to be told.So do all good people. That's what it means to be a good person.
Orson Scott Card -
There is a rising generation in this country who do not know God because of a general decay of religion.
Arthur Middleton -
Well, it's funny because, "The Green Leaves of Summer" and "The Alamo" theme are the same thing. There's just - the Brothers Four was a different recording of it.
Quentin Tarantino -
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.
Hans Urs von Balthasar