Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
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I love interesting people with eccentric stories and outsiders of the world.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
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The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.
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I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.
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I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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I love Chicago.
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I love the smell of freshly cut grass. It takes me back to summers in Maine.
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I don't think I'll ever want to do pop music. I think I'll only ever want to do classical crossover because it's something that I love, and pop just doesn't work for me.
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I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents.
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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
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I love a woman who can out-eat me.
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We love our fans, so there's nothing we wouldn't do for them, and we go directly to t hem.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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I love the concept of community energy.
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Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.
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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.
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I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.
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You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving.
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Augustine says that you don't understand a nation by the throw weight of its military or the strength of its research universities or the size of its population, but by looking at what it loves in common. To assess a nation, you look at the health and strength of its ideals. And there's no question that the common love in America is freedom.
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Money often costs too much.
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We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.
