William Wilberforce Quotes
If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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Those guys were made for me and Muhammad because they come straight in and don't back up but you had to watch out for his punching power but if we could have neutralized that then we would have been fine.
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I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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I live with myself. I wake up with myself, I eat, and I take a dump with myself. I don't see anything special there. I do all the same things other human beings and creatures do. I don't see any need to be telling the data of the day of this particular human being by posting it on online. It's not interesting to me.
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
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We all understand it's a privilege just to be playing in this league.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
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Starting at 11, I was a movie-theater popcorn girl, a babysitter, a sales clerk - in the Midwest, they start them early!
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Nursery rhymes were political when they were first written! To me, that's what it's about: it's about using it to say something more than just what the story is.
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Those who meekly obey laws and rules imposed from the outside-including religious laws-are not moral human beings. The fulfillment of an imposed law is morally neutral. The truly educated make their own wills serve the higher call of justice, empathy and reason.
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Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our evolution, and gives us the best advantage for the development of ourselves.
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If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.
