William Wilberforce Quotes

When we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws of religion, and of God?

William Wilberforce

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• Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.

  

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• Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.

  

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• I like buying iTunes. It's instant.

  

  Caitlin Rose
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• Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.

  

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• He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

  

  A. J. P. Taylor
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• It's insane to me to ask anybody to be what they're not. Know what you know the best, love the most. That's always going to be the answer to the thing that you have the best shot at winning at.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
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• Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

  

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• Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.

  

  Ignatius of Antioch
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• Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.

  

  Jackie Speier
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• If people continue to feel like Democrats are looking after poor folks and Republicans are looking after rich folks and nobody is looking after me, then we don't get a lot of stuff done. And the trend lines evidence the fact that folks have gotten squeezed. And obviously, 2007, 2008 really ripped open for people how vulnerable they were.

  

  Barack Obama
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• Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.

  

  Ian Mckellen
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• My first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was basically a mini-masterclass for acting on film at a time when all you could probably see were my eyebrows bouncing up and down on screen.

  

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• Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.

  

  Carli Lloyd
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• Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.

  

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• As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.

  

  Oliver North
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• A lot of middle-aged women are children still trying to find their way.

  

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• Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode.

  

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• Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

  

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• Architects need to restore and protect.

  

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• I'm very much drawn to these stories. This is a huge, great story [in Doctor Strange] about the possibility of living beyond everything, living beyond mortality, living beyond all the immortal confines, living beyond the planet as we know it. It's mind-blowingly no limits, and I think this is going to be something else.

  

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• I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.

  

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• We started off by inviting our friends to use Quora, and then they invited their friends, and it just grew from there.

  

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• My family lives there, so I come back sometimes between shows for a couple days. I get back a couple times a year. When I was 30 to 34 I was weirded out when I came back - you know, how your past gets away from you. It's grown so much.

  

  Matthew Sweet
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• When we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws of religion, and of God?

  

  William Wilberforce
  • Men
  • Thinking
  • Justice