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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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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May we treasure the divine gift of communication, and may we use it wisely to build and to assist others on this marvelous journey through mortality.
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In the 1970s, the scare was about global cooling.
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I'm a first-time father, and it was amazing to me to learn that my son could actually use sign language before the spoken word. I could see this intelligence in his eyes before he could speak: how he could understand what was going on around him and was frustrated by that.
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People that fel alone or outcast that hurt, kids that feel bullied or lost, remember that you have a voice and you should use that voice to survive and persevere.
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Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.
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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.
