Hans Urs von Balthasar Quotes
In his Gospel, St. John, through long and deep contemplation, acknowledges Jesus to be the Logos of God. In his epistles he points entirely away from himself toward Christ. Finally, in the Apocalypse, in the vision of the Lamb of God, Old and New Testaments are united, and the whole drama of salvation is summed up.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
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Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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'Pong' is simply a knockoff of the Odyssey Ping-Pong game.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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I guess I look strange a bit. Strange but confident. I'm not like a model or anything. I always compare this to wearing a hat. You can wear the strangest hat, but if you think it's cool, then you'll look cool.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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My first priority is trying to protect my family.
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I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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I always try to be true to who I am and just be myself.
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Television has done a lot for me, and I can never stay away from it.
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Xerox is really good at managing documents, and we're definitely good at managing through a process.
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The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans.
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Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again.
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God has bestowed two gifts on man: hope and ignorance. Ignorance is the better of the two.
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In his Gospel, St. John, through long and deep contemplation, acknowledges Jesus to be the Logos of God. In his epistles he points entirely away from himself toward Christ. Finally, in the Apocalypse, in the vision of the Lamb of God, Old and New Testaments are united, and the whole drama of salvation is summed up.
