Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
I have but shadowed forth my intense longing to lose myself in the Eternal and become merely a lump of clay in the Potter's divine hands so that my service may become more certain because uninterrupted by the baser self in me.
Quotes to Explore
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.
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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.
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My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
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I would never try to invalidate someone's opinion of something or the feelings something makes them feel.
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I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
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But then I hit my 20s and only made two albums, and now I live in a ski resort as a ski bum basically.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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No matter who the prime minister is, incremental changes take place. The economy moves on.
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I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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I like routine.
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I feel very much satisfied to play in Baltimore.
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I feel like movie stars don't have many friends at all. They have acquaintances.
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One of my most rewarding congressional duties is nominating future military leaders to study at America's service academies. The exceptional young men and women who receive these coveted nominations earn a top-of-the-line education and the opportunity to serve their country as a military officer.
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In my special place, room service could only consist of my husband making me a breakfast of eggs, avocados, and hummus. And coffee with milk.
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I had a lot of alone time with no brothers or sisters running around, or anything. I would just sit and imagine things, all the time.
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There is, in fact, no law or government at all; and it is wonderful how well things go on without them.
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I have but shadowed forth my intense longing to lose myself in the Eternal and become merely a lump of clay in the Potter's divine hands so that my service may become more certain because uninterrupted by the baser self in me.
