Adrienne von Speyr Quotes
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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I want any kid who listens to my music to see that I am confident with all elements of my personality that I can't change.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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If the Russian nuclear arsenal was fired at the United States and other targets, and we fired back at them with thousands of nuclear weapons, it would be the end of life on earth.
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The Department of Justice will continue to pursue those that travel to fight against the United States and our allies, as well as those individuals that recruit others on behalf of ISIL in the homeland.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
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One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.
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I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we are, is quite crucial.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Most of my ideas come from drawing patterns across conversations I have with different types of people - technology investors, young fashion design students, a CEO. This variety is stimulating and offers many different perspectives on the things I am thinking about.
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Unfunny people should be locked up, the key tossed into a smelter.
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I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it.
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The government is fully capable of delivering services. Even complex services.
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I think people read the tabloids because they want to see you eating a burger, or out of your makeup or doing something stupid because they just want to see that you're like everyone else. And that's okay. I don't want to catch myself anymore saying that my life is hard, because the good far outweighs the bad in my life. And it's easier to focus on those things, on the things that are important.
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For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization.
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Suffering without faith would be like love without hope.
