Tertullian Quotes
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I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.
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The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
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I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.
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Thoughts are fine when you don't confuse them with who you are, and then thoughts are not a problem. Thinking is a wonderful tool to create things in this world. It only becomes problematic and a source of suffering when you confuse thinking with who you are.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!
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You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk.
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No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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Make no mistake: conversion therapy is not about 'praying away the gay.' It's an emotional torture against our most innocent citizens: our children.
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No--when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it, because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life. (Nick, page 156)
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No, I'm afraid they might slip and hit a nerve and I'd end up with one side of my face hanging down or something. I'll just stick with this one for a while and take my chances. I'll be brave.
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Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?
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He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
