Odo of Cluny Quotes
If we judged by realities we should give honor not to the rich for the fine clothes they wear but to the poor who are the makers of such things.
Quotes to Explore
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that.
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I always start my campaigns early, and I run hard. Maybe it comes from the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco politics, where it's not even a contact sport - it's a blood sport. This is how I am as a candidate. This is how I run campaigns.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit an extra word or syllable into each line without tripping myself up.
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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You can watch someone on – stage cry and cry – but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first.
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I'm not even kind of a lesbian.
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The Barenboim Foundation has nothing to do with politics.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
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One of the books I remember reading when I was young and always thought would be a great role to play is Catherine in 'Wuthering Heights.' I like the classics.
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What 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz' and 'World's End' do is smuggle a different movie under the guise of a zombie movie or a cop or alien invasion movie. Even though they all have action and carnage, they are really films about growing up and taking responsibility.
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A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.
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It was becoming clear that, from being at the top at Holy Cross, we were at the bottom at St. Peter's. Objectively, this was very good, for it offered us a challenge and an opportunity to grow if we were ready to take it; and we surely were.
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Responsibility for the proper conduct of children was not confined to their parents only. When they misbehaved, they misbehaved against the community. And a senior member of the community was expected to do something about it.
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Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
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A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.
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I'm not someone who likes to plan too much ahead.
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Things you create with your mind are always part of your postmortal life, whether they seem real or not.
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Elvis is iconic; a lot of performers today look to that for inspiration.
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He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] never went to church, but he read the Bible every day and regarded himself as one of the world's two great defenders of Christendom. (The other was the pope.)
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If we judged by realities we should give honor not to the rich for the fine clothes they wear but to the poor who are the makers of such things.
