M. Scott Peck Quotes
Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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I applaud anyone who wants to take on the load that comes with being President of the United States. You really have to love your country to place yourself in that position.
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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.
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I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.
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If apartheid is removed, then the violence that is necessary to maintain it will be removed along with the pressures from apartheid which create a violent response.
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Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
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Defending peace is the duty of all.
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I can always go back to education.
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Any time you challenge a big powerful person or special interest, there's going to be blowback.
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If you look at my record, I have a clean record.
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We love it when we make mistakes that are better than something you could think up.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.
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This will be the fourth time I've seen this film. I'm very proud of it and I think it's a great movie for women of any age. And almost every single man I've talked to has admitted to crying.
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Are these clues? Which ones are important? Which ones are incidental? Which ones are circumstantial?
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You can't fake it. Bad writing is a gift.
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I have amazing parents and some really great friends that would kick my butt if I ever started acting different.
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Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.
