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.William Robertson Smith
Quotes to Explore
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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.
Mahatma Gandhi -
All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
J. B. Smoove -
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
Daniel Espinosa -
I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.
Dana Torres -
I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
Ferran Adria
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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.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
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.
Rachel Kushner -
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.
Patricia Riggen -
I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
Val Kilmer -
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.
Gail Simmons -
Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.
Victor Hugo
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
Taylor Momsen -
One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
Faith Baldwin -
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.
Nathan Fillion -
When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.
D. H. Lawrence -
Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.
Utada Hikaru -
One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart.
Learned Hand -
I admired Margaret Thatcher - while abhorring much of what she offered - because she was so clearly a leader of huge substance. Blair was the dismal opposite.
Martin Jacques -
For newspapers to continue to play an important role in civic engagement, they need more access to capital. Their decline has created a real threat to independent reporting at the state and local level.
Ajit Pai -
One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.
George Bernard Shaw -
Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.
Albert Einstein -
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.
William Robertson Smith