Virchand Gandhi Quotes

The central ideas of Christianity, an angry God and vicarious atonement, are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of the human heart; they are, in our present stage of enlightenment, absurd, preposterous, and blasphemous propositions.

Virchand Gandhi

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• The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.

  

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• No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing.

  

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• Always the notorious red-light district of sports, boxing today is as troubled as it was even in the days when the Mob called the shots. There are too many lawsuits and too few heroes. Absurd mismatches and fraudulent rankings by unaccountable offshore sanctioning bodies have disgusted fans.

  

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• I love the smell of a real Christmas tree - also, my mum's Christmas pudding with brandy sauce.

  

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• Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.

  

  Ogden Nash
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• Nowadays, people always say, how come he's doing such young shows? But they never mention The Mod Squad. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl.

  

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• You see, at 25, I was very new to my craft. I was raw as an actor; my exposure was limited... No matter what field you are in, experience adds to your personality.

  

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• 'The Exorcist' is the scariest movie ever made. It just felt dead-on real, like you were watching the existence of the devil.

  

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• Kids don't hesitate to ask questions. And it's a great honor to have the kids say, 'Your books have made me trust you.'

  

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• Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union.

  

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• 'Cold?' Reacher said. 'This is nothing.'

  

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• What I don't like today is, to put it coarsely, the phony Hasidism, the phony mysticism. Many students say, 'Teach me mysticism.' It's a joke.

  

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• I think that the reason I became an actor, probably, underneath it, was that I spent my life acting normal.

  

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• This industry is tough on relationships. I've always thought that my wife should have a credit up alongside mine because I couldn't do what I do without her support.

  

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• To imagine that trauma casts out fantasy is a dangerous mistake.

  

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• Life is hard, you know. If I can give someone on the radio three minutes to make them feel happier, that's a cool thing.

  

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• When I was a prosecutor in Kansas City, my job was to fight for justice and safety for all citizens in my community. Equal access to justice under the law is an American value embedded in the fabric of our legal and political system - the idea that anybody, powerful or not, can have their day in court.

  

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• I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano.

  

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• If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

  

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• I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.

  

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• Presidents should be very careful at all times in discussing the use or non-use of nuclear weapons. Presidents since the cold war have used nuclear deterrence to keep the peace, and I don't believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or non-use of nuclear weapons.

  

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• I've actually had a copilot come out of the cockpit on a trip from L.A. to New York and ask me about Charles Manson.

  

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• The central ideas of Christianity, an angry God and vicarious atonement, are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of the human heart; they are, in our present stage of enlightenment, absurd, preposterous, and blasphemous propositions.

  

  Virchand Gandhi