Alfred Richard Orage Quotes
Belief is a luxury – only those who have real knowledge have a right to believe; otherwise belief is merely plausible opinion.
Quotes to Explore
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I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.
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I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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For skincare, I'm a Clean and Clear girl. Especially with the humidity in Georgia, Clean and Clear has been pretty good to me with all of the makeup we have to wear. My skin really responds to that product. I'm also a big fan of Kiehl's under-eye avocado cream.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
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If the Rolling Stones are playing a concert across town, that's not my audience anyways. But I do find that there's a lot of people coming back around to see me again.
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The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
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If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it.
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We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not us to degrade other countries…I want the freedom of my country so that other countries may learn something from my free country so that the resources of my country might be utilized for the benefit of mankind.
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Circumcision in the United States is routinely performed without anesthesia, though anesthesia reduces the infant's stress and prevents infection and blood clots.
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I attended seminars where many social issues were discussed abstractly, outside the pressures of an immediate situation, and there I developed certain attitudes which permitted me to face the real thing when it came along.
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Anything to do with the South resonates with me, because I'm Southern.
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I tap dance.
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Usually when I go to a place for the first time, unless there's something historical or spectacular that nature has to offer, the first thing I like to do is see what's on the minds of the people.
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Even before his detention, my father was fighting many cases. He remained in jail in Multan. He remained in jail in Bannu. But we were not allowed to go see him there. We always saw him in courts. So for me, the courts were a place where you dressed up to see your father. It had a very nice feeling to it.
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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
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Today is not such a tremendous day for us Rhodesians. We made our decision to become a Republic quite a long while ago, and this is simply the process of formalizing it. Our Independence Day is the great day. Rhodesia did not want to seize independence from Britain. It was forced upon us.
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The best form of leadership is to be conscious of the leadership potential with the followers and to let them unleash this potential in a spontaneous way. When a great leader accomplishes this task with effortless ease, the followers say, "We did it ourselves."
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Belief is a luxury – only those who have real knowledge have a right to believe; otherwise belief is merely plausible opinion.
