Thomas à Kempis Quotes
The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
Quotes to Explore
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
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I will say the scope of the 'Supergirl' pilot was incredible. I've personally never been involved in something with such a huge production value and scope.
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Inside, I've got a real purist desire and dream about the music. I like the idea of being able to carve out a kind of magical, colourful, artistic, inspirational life. And the reality just turns out to be quite different, working with the business to bring this thing you have created into the world.
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He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.
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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
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I'm very happy with what I've accomplished, but we're going for more.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.
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I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever.
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I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.
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Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.
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I don't care if you're a man, if you're a player: If God sends you that one and your heart is in it, you'll work it out.
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The first rounds of a tournament are always tricky because playing tennis takes a lot out of you.
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What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.
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God and death kind of resemble each other, because the only time a lot of people will try and talk to God is when someone's died.
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I feel I am privileged to express a hope. The hope is this: that we shall have peace throughout the world: that we shall abolish wars, and settle all international differences at the conference table: that we shall abolish all atom and hydrogen bombs, before they abolish us first.
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When we blame all Muslims, all Syrians, or all members of any other group because of the actions of individuals, we fall into the trap of asserting collective guilt. We empower the narrow-minded ideology that we are trying to defeat.
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The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
