Alva Belmont Quotes
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Unless you're a big movie star, regular television work is going to bring you more exposure than anything. Everybody has a television; not everybody goes to the movies.
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I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor.
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Nobody in my family before me ever had anything.
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In the Heart's cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting 'I' shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
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The danger in trying to do good is that the mind comes to confuse the intent of goodness with the act of doing things well.
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And learn the luxury of doing good.
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I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences...
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When I was a little baby, I remember that one moment of calm peace, and three minutes after that, it was on.
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The roots of education … are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
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We use the block chain to share value, just like Internet protocol lets us share communication. Our goal is to build a global, international bank that is instant, global, and free. Sending payments should be as easy as sending an email.
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If you have any power at all from being popular, then you have a duty to help people out.
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The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.
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Sloan American colleague artist who started his art by making etchings, c. 1920 not having been abroad in contrary to Hopper himself, has seen these things with a truer and fresher eye than most.. .The hard early training has given to Sloan a facility and a power of invention that the pure painter seldom achieves.
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Let the consequences of your obedience be left up to God.
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I don't want to take shots at professional actors, because obviously the great ones are great. But I do think that given the kind of stories I've been telling in my films, it's hard for me to imagine how professional actors would have done better. And it's easy for me to imagine how they would have done worse. Because I think a lot of what an actor is trained to do and a lot of what an actor's instincts point toward is clarification, is always making it clear what's happening in the story, how the character fits into the scene, what the character wants.
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Jesus wept once; possibly more than once. There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence, patience, and tears.
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All empire is no more than power in trust.
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Pray to God. She will help you.
