Thomas Carlyle Quotes
No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.
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I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.
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There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle... is to have a Lebanese president that we elect.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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What we did not imagine was a Web of people, but a Web of documents.
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It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.
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Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
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You're going to fail. It's how you respond to that failure that kind of defines you as a person, as an athlete.
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I think all of us are multitasking a little more today than we used to or than we would like to. And I think that the issue of work-life balance is a critical issue for every company around the world.
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Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.
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I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.
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He that alone would wise and mighty be, Commands that others love as well as he. Love as he lov'd! - How can we soar so high?- He can add wings when he commands to fly. Nor should we be with this command dismay'd; He that examples gives will give his aid: For he took flesh, that where his precepts fall, His practice, as a pattern, may prevail.
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Love is the strongest force in the world.
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It is not woman who claims the highest in man. It is a man's own religious soul that drives him on beyond women, to his supreme activity. For his highest, man is responsible to God alone.
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I'm a lot more interested in people than I used to be. I used to be most interested in abstract ideas, and people were an afterthought, but that's changed a bit.
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If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.
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When I talk about movies like 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'Stepford Wives,' I really noticed that these movies were able to address fears surround the women's lib movement in a way that was engaging, not preachy, but fun.
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No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.
