African Spir Quotes

As the antagonism between those who possess, and those who do not, is becoming more acute day after day, we can already foresee a moment when it will bring about ("entraînera", Fr.) severe (big, high, intense, - "grands", Fr.) disasters, if we do turn (direct, aim, - "dirige", Fr.) life in time the social life in new directions (or ways, - "dans des voies nouvelles", Fr.)

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• I used to say, 'There is a God-shaped hole in me.' For a long time I stressed the absence, the hole. Now I find it is the shape which has become more important.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Time
  • God
  • Important

• With His love, you can wake up every day with an attitude of faith and expectancy.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Up
  • Love
  • Faith

• I wanted to be the kind of woman who would attract a certain kind of man that I could respect. That was my thinking. It had to do with the kind of couple I would be a part of.

  

  Lisa Kudrow
  • Thinking
  • Respect
  • Kind

• Ever heard of the phrase 'midlife crisis'?

  

  Janet Maslin
  • Crisis
  • Phrase
  • Midlife

• We're encouraging them to bring healthy snacks, but when a parent comes up with a tray of sweets, I'm not going to turn them away. I don't want to be the cupcake killer.

  

  John Young
  • Parent
  • Healthy
  • Turn

• Difficulty shows what men are.

  

  Epictetus
  • Men
  • Shows
  • Difficulty

• The Constitution favors no racial group - no political or social group.

  

  William O. Douglas
  • Political
  • Social
  • Constitution

• The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • End
  • Inevitable
  • Chiefs

• We had longed for this success for many years, ... But better late than never.

  

  Omara Portuondo Buena Vista Social Club
  • Success
  • Never
  • Late

• Since so many people these days don't seem to start their families until around age forty, I predict there will be less child beating, but more slipped disks from lifting babies out of cribs. Even the father of advanced age who's not inclined to spare the rod is likely to suffer more than his victim: The first punch he throws might well be the last straw for his rotator cuff, reducing his disciplinary options to mere verbal abuse and napping.

  

  Sarah Silverman
  • People
  • Children
  • Father

• I seldom get into the mood of the story. It's acting. I go in, I act, I quit. I don't take anything away from it.

  

  Morgan Freeman
  • Story
  • Mood

• There is something so indescribably sweet and satisfying in the knowledge that a husband or wife has forgiven the other freely, and from the heart.

  

  Henrik Ibsen
  • Knowledge
  • Satisfying
  • Forgiven

• Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to and take as your guide.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • Believe
  • Teacher
  • Guide

• What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others.

  

  Aristotle
  • Men
  • Care
  • Regard

• There is always the fear of self-righteousness possessing us, the fear of arrogating to ourselves a superiority that we do not possess.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Fear
  • Possess
  • Self-Righteousness

• ...you never possess a cat; you are allowed to be in a cat's life, which, of course, is a privilege.

  

  Beryl Reid
  • Cat
  • Privilege
  • Possess

• I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence from June Allyson movies. I knew that was yearning like one yearns to fly.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • House
  • Dreams
  • Take Care

• Drinking coffee is kinda my major hobby... the great benefit of being an actor is you have all this spare time. My ideal is just hanging out with people - I think I am innately lazy.

  

  Craig Parker
  • Coffee
  • Lazy
  • Hobby

• As the antagonism between those who possess, and those who do not, is becoming more acute day after day, we can already foresee a moment when it will bring about ("entraînera", Fr.) severe (big, high, intense, - "grands", Fr.) disasters, if we do turn (direct, aim, - "dirige", Fr.) life in time the social life in new directions (or ways, - "dans des voies nouvelles", Fr.)

  

  African Spir
  • Possess
  • Social Life
  • Antagonism