Thomas A. Edison Quotes
I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul. No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong. It is born of our tenacity of life - our desire to go on living - our dread of coming to an end.
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I know what it takes, and you have to fight for yourself and what you believe in.
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I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.
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I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music.
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I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
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God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.
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I love funk and soul and Motown.
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No one who is in this world will deny that evils exist. What, then, do we say? That evil is not a living and animated substance, but a condition of the soul which is opposed to virtue and which springs up In the slothful because of their falling away from good.
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Whenever societies do well, they believe that there is something in their cultural DNA that made it happen.
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I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
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And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love.
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Some people believe they chose homosexuality, and some believe they didn't. Who's to say one is wrong? It's not fair to generalize anyone's sexuality or walk of life.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma.
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I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
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A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties.
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We all, I think, believe in compassion. If you look at all the world religions, all the main world religions, you'll find within them some teaching concerning compassion.
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As a leader of a majority-Muslim nation, I believe Islamic countries must better understand what young people aspire to.
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I do not believe wealthy candidates should spend vast resources in their own campaigns.
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Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.
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Politics doesn't work. Look at the parts of America where government has had the most power, where government has spent the most money. Look at the housing projects we've got the poor people in.
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After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped.
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I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul. No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong. It is born of our tenacity of life - our desire to go on living - our dread of coming to an end.
