Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
God doesn't ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful. However beautiful our work may be, let us not become attached to it. Always remain prepared to give it up, without losing your peace.
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Fitzgerald was a modernist.
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The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy that I was watching it that young. That was the one that made me want to become an actor.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.
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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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I wear a lot of boyish stuff, but I prefer to throw a fur coat on top just for the hell of it.
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The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
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You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.
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A core focus of our effort is based on the recognition that our customers have varying needs, and one of their most important needs is to have choice.
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People want someone focused on getting the job done, not political talking points but rather solving problems.
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If I don't think about it, it won't drive me crazy.
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I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.
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You may have heard that back in the States there are some people who are smoking grass. I don't know how you feel, but it's sure easier than cutting the stuff.
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My artwork gets stolen all the time; it's ridiculous.
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I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
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Everything else was in the past, and the past no longer mattered.
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I am a big proponent of adopting dogs through shelters and rescue operations. Having dogs in the office might not be right for everyone, but it has certainly worked well for me. My advice to other offices, on the Hill and off, would be to try it out.
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Do you have no sense of self-preservation?
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... for home is a magnet that lures back even its most abstracted children.
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All joking aside, I'm a television watcher and I get frustrated with shows sometimes when they set up puzzles and then they don't give answers. It's just more questions and more questions.
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Marriage is indeed a maneuvering business.
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God doesn't ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful. However beautiful our work may be, let us not become attached to it. Always remain prepared to give it up, without losing your peace.
