Thomas Aquinas Quotes
It covetousness is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.
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Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film.
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We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.
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I like people, and I like listening to them because something that'll happen out of that conversation could be the title or the subject of the song.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write an abstract piano sonata or a concerto, I write what I feel. I'm not a self-conscious composer.
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The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
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I love horror movies. It's so fun being absolutely terrified. It's damn hard to shoot, though. I didn't realize how difficult it was to make a horror movie as an actor. Physically and mentally, phew.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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The commonest error made in relation to poetry is that it consists simply in verse-making. Many confound the casket of meter and rhyme with the jewel of thought which it encloses, and, perhaps, in some instances, after close investigation, they have found the casket empty and turned away with feelings of disappointment and disgust.
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I didn't feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money.
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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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Look: I don't want to live with a nuclear Iran. I would like to make it uncomfortable for them to seek it.
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You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would do differently.
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I have seen a lot of people, including myself, make a lot of tip money because of 'Black Water,' so this is a full circle moment. To collaborate and recreate this iconic song is just an amazing moment as an artist.
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The notion of being on a cop show was appealing, just because it's one of those tick boxes in a career.
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Nobody's gonna care about your stuff the way you do.
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And the fact that I see so many films really seems to amaze certain people.
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I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.
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Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man.
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Financial risk is always associated with drug discovery. But the benefit that a blockbuster drug can bring to the business can be phenomenal if you can take that risk.
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It covetousness is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things.
