William Robertson Smith Quotes
Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged.
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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
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All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
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I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.
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I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don't write anymore because it's just harder in English.
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I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
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At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance.
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Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
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I have a lightsaber at my front door for home protection. I have an 800-watt electric skateboard that I use to run errands in my neighborhood. It can go about six, seven miles, so depending on how much time I have, and how much I have to carry home, I'll take it really far. I love that thing.
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When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.
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Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.
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We're playing the same songs, the same way, that we have for years.
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A wonderful discovery, psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they're complex.
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I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.
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I've always been an old soul.
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She saw him the first day on board, and then her heart sank into her shoes as she realized at last how much she wanted him. No matter what his past was, no matter what he had done. Which was not to say that she would ever let him know, but only that he moved her chemically more than anyone she had ever met, that all other men seemed pale beside him.
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Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged.
