Amelia Barr Quotes
Dreams are large possessions ... they are an expansion of life, an enlightenment, and a discipline. I thank God for my dream life; my daily life would be far poorer, if it wanted the second sight of dreams.
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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Time stays, we go.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
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Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
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Life is one big love story with hundreds of little love stories within it.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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The story of Noah, like other stories in the first 11 chapters of Genesis, are archetypal. Noah's story tells us that human beings have an inherent tendency towards violence both towards their fellow human beings and towards the creation itself. The story tells us that this violence grieves God.
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I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.
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Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace.
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I love the homely atmosphere of Indore and Bhopal. People here are very warm and affectionate.
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Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
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'Don't Look Now' is a masterpiece. I think it's the best-edited movie of all time. I adore it.
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Not only will you be held accountable for the things you do, but you will be held responsible for the very thoughts you think.
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Nonwhite and working-class women, if they are ever to identify with the organized women's movement, must see their own diverse experiences reflected in the practice and policy statements of these predominantly white middle-class groups.
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And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.
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And so at Binz, dragged out of my pleasant dream to night and loneliness, I could not move for a moment for sheer extremity of fright. When I did, when I did put out a shaking hand to feel for the matches, the dread of years became a reality—I touched another hand. Now I think it was very wonderful of me not to scream. I suppose I did not dare. I don’t know how I managed it, petrified as I was with terror, but the next thing that happened was that I found myself under the bedclothes thinking things over. Whose hand had I touched? And what was it doing on my table? It was a nasty, cold hand, and it had clutched at mine as I tore it away. Oh—there it was, coming after me—it was feeling its way along the bedclothes—surely it was not real—it must be a nightmare—and that was why no sound came when I tried to shriek.
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Architects have to dream, we have to search for our Atlantises, to be explorers, adventurers, and yet to build responsibly and well.
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Dreams are large possessions ... they are an expansion of life, an enlightenment, and a discipline. I thank God for my dream life; my daily life would be far poorer, if it wanted the second sight of dreams.
