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		Perhaps in our presence, the most heroic deed on earth is done in some silent spirit, the loftiest purpose cherished, the most generous sacrifice made, and we do not suspect it. I believe this greatness to be most common among the multitude, whose names are never heard.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William Ellery Channing 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Many people believe the whole catastrophe is the oil we spill, but that gets diluted and eventually disarmed over time. In fact, the oil we don't spill, the oil we collect, refine and use, produces CO2 and other gases that don't get diluted. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Safina 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dalai Lama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe that first impressions are very important. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				F. W. de Klerk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't believe in regret. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sadie Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Planning a garden, park, building, or city shouldn't be done in an office. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Dangermond 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if I could actually do a drama. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cameron Dallas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I've always considered myself a fairly romantic person. I believe in love and falling in love at a young age. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mandy Moore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension of childhood play... Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don't need any director telling them, 'You really have to believe in it.' They believe in it completely. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Viggo Mortensen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe that given the audience attention level, we could do an even more compelling 90 minutes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vince McMahon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well, actually, I manage a couple of stock portfolios or funds or whatever you want to call 'em, and I think I've done relatively well with them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Robertson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. B. Smoove 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I think that Star Wars revolutionized not only sci-fi movies, but also the entire industry in the way that things are done. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Peter Mayhew 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Never tell anyone what you are going to do till you've done it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cornelius Vanderbilt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Videos are tricky because stuff sounds amazing on paper and it seems like it's going to be this mystical experience and you're going to look back and go, "Wow, that was magic." But more times than not, it doesn't end up that way, so I never know what I'm going to get. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Bruno 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The most venerable, clearly understood, enlightened, and reliable constant in the world is not only that we want to be happy, but that we want only to be so. Our very nature requires it of us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Saint Augustine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To students: I pray that all those young people who have graduated, do not carry just a piece of paper with them but that they carry with them love, peace and joy. That they become the sunshine of God's love to our people, the hope of eternal happiness and the burning flame of love wherever they go. That they become carriers of God's love. That they be able to give what they have received. For they have received not to keep, but to share. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mother Teresa 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Perhaps in our presence, the most heroic deed on earth is done in some silent spirit, the loftiest purpose cherished, the most generous sacrifice made, and we do not suspect it. I believe this greatness to be most common among the multitude, whose names are never heard. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William Ellery Channing