William Manchester Quotes
He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] never went to church, but he read the Bible every day and regarded himself as one of the world's two great defenders of Christendom. (The other was the pope.)
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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Gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying.
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.
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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
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It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
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I'm just an ordinary, walking-down-the-street, mother of two children who sings for her supper.
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Of course my parents are picky about the girls I date; my parents watch out for me.
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Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as dangerous as to nurture false hope. Where then can we find hope that is responsible?
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Americans are very easygoing people. If the added attention and great visibility that I have been able to generate can help open doors and expose more Chinese to American values and the American way of life, that is great.
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.
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I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions.
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You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
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It is not our sexual preferences, the color of our skin, the language we speak, nor the religion we practice that creates friction, hatred and wars amongst in society. It is our words and the words of our leaders that can create that disparity.
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I always see the glass half full. I see the beauty in others, and I see the hope for tomorrow. If we don't have hope and faith, we have nothing.
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We triggered a discussion in society about the connection between church and state as well as our justice system. Putin is the leader, the icon and the guarantor of an authoritarian system that crushes Kremlin critics along with the help of the secret police and ever changing methods and laws.
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It is not permitted for a woman to speak in the church, nor is it permitted for her to teach, nor to baptize, nor to offer the eucharist, nor to claim for herself a share in any masculine function- not to mention any priestly office.
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He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] never went to church, but he read the Bible every day and regarded himself as one of the world's two great defenders of Christendom. (The other was the pope.)
