William Arthur Ward Quotes
The regeneration of a sinner is an evidence of power in the highest sphere--moral nature; with the highest prerogative--to change nature; and operating to the highest result--not to create originally, which is great; but to create anew, which is greater.
Quotes to Explore
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People always want to doubt you.
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Funny, how moms can tell you what to do no matter how old or big you are.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
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Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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Economically, ISIS is making money every day on the black market with their oil fields. But they are also putting money in banks. We know where those banks are. We should go after the banks and the facilitators using them.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
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Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
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Charity is a very personal equation, like we say charity begins at home. It starts with your immediate help in the house: the people who work for you.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors from Cuba like her and I was the default kid.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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I know I'm profane. And outspoken.
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I come from an educational environment that really praises, as do I, the forms of representation that are otherwise lacking in our public media.
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Every time I'd go out drinking I was looking for something new. But it was the same every time. I'd wake up in some bed with some person, I had a hangover and a show to do. And the truth is, it was the same every time. But now life is... pretty interesting without the alcohol.
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When we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues.
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The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.
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Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism.
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The regeneration of a sinner is an evidence of power in the highest sphere--moral nature; with the highest prerogative--to change nature; and operating to the highest result--not to create originally, which is great; but to create anew, which is greater.
