Alfred Wegener Quotes
We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial evidence.
Quotes to Explore
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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So many of us have friends or family who have battled cancer, and we know how important it is to find a cure.
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In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I find the term 'workaholic' to be distasteful because it reminds me of the harried-looking lawyers I recall chained to their desks through nights and weekends during my lawyer days years ago.
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I think the more experience I have working on films, the more I can shed that character rather than carrying around that heavy weight.
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Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.
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First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.
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To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.
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Psychologists have hitherto failed to realize that imagination is a necessary ingredient of perception itself.
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God is going to supply a million dollars, somebody is praying right now, right this second, you’re praying for a million dollars and God said, 'I have heard your prayer, I know your need, and I'm going to supply the need that you requested,' it's done, in Jesus' name.
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To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain lack of imaginative thought, and a certain low passion for middle-class respectability.
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If the rat had not looked over his shoulder, perhaps his heart would not have broken. And it is possible, then, that I would not have a story to tell. But, reader, he did look.
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If you really come down to any large story that interests people – holds the attention for a considerable time ... human stories are practically always about one thing, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death.
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Sooner or later, all games become serious.
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When we started, there were KRAFTWERK and TANGERINE DREAM, and both bands also became very very strong internationally but in a different area, in a different field. They were doing, like, experimental kind of music, and KRAFTWERK were amazing, while we played just traditional rock.
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Once you've achieved success, and you're making decisions that are working, I don't understand why anyone would be second-guessing themselves.
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I was the child who would leave school and take her clothes off the second I got into the house. I made my mom buy me lingerie when I was 5 years old. I was a sicko. My mother must have been mortified.
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You only find what you are looking for, really, if the truth be known.
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People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.
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We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial evidence.
