Wilfred Grenfell Quotes
I have found more inspiration in the cottages of fishermen than in the palaces of the rich.

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The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip.
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Christmas is a season which almost all Christians observe in one way or another. Some keep it as a religious season. Some keep it as a holiday. But all over the world, wherever there are Christians, in one way or another Christmas is kept.
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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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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We need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago. I'd like to send him back to Kenya, back to Indonesia. We have to unmask this man. This is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of God. And I will tell you what, this is classical Marxist philosophy.
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The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.
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Nashville is wicked. It's like a proper music community, but it's also quintessentially American. You bump into people there with cowboy hats that spit in jars and call you 'boy.' I just love that.
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The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
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Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve.
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Reactionaries often describe both Marx and Lenin as theorists, without taking into consideration that their utopias inspired Russia and China - the two countries called upon to lead a new world which will allow for human survival if imperialism does not first unleash a criminal, exterminating war.
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A lot of people don't even listen to albums start to finish, but I do - for sure.
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I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.
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I exist as I am, that is enough.
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Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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…the cold deflation of crapula…
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I think we have too much history. It’s not so important. I think people should have fun and enjoy their own time. I haven’t done much, so why should I waste people’s memory?'
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Auditioning is one of the most nerve-racking things you could ever do, but you have to be so focused that you don't tic.
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I just feel like I haven't grown up yet. I live on my own and I do grown-up things, but there is something about me that is very youthful.
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The battle of getting better is never ending.
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I am very lucky: there are so many models that look so particular and become the popular of-the-moment models. They have such a unique and special look, whereas I am more classic looking.
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I believe we have a physical body and a soul. It doesn't matter what religion you are, whether or not you believe in God. I think people believe that there is a soul and a body.
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I have found more inspiration in the cottages of fishermen than in the palaces of the rich.