Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
Many people (who go to her as volunteers) have found peace, joy and unity in their families by helping the poor.
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Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.
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I'm an actress, not a pinup.
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The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.
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I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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I've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood and actually becoming an adult with responsibilities and paying bills. So all of a sudden, it's like you're responsible now.
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The thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one white whale in the ocean. When you're a boy growing up in a hostile home, you imagine it's unique: it's happening only to you.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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I'm fighting hard; I'm training hard. I'm still walking over people and stepping over people to get where I'm going, and I would really like to give back, especially to my mom, who was there for me when I was a kid.
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I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.
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Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden seems to get less attention than the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, but it is a great book.
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People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood.'
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I'm not a big planner; I decide by intuition.
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Consciously picking the right script after a long period of wait helped me grab a perfect film in the rom-com genre.
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Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we seeOil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree!
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An animal takes freely anything that it wishes: it commits no sin and is not held responsible for its action because it knows no better. But as soon as the idea of 'mine' and 'thine' has been imprinted upon our consciousness, then also the responsibility comes.
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Most people don’t think I’m rational. They’re too busy featuring their hurt. They find it irrational not to feature your hurt. That’s how fucked up they are.
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I should say that I usually have a good experience on Amtrak. Still, if Amtrak could replace electric horns with steam whistles, they could make big strides. A horn is a horn is a horn, but a steam whistle is a voice and a song. People used to know which engineer was running which engine based on the call of the whistle.
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Many people (who go to her as volunteers) have found peace, joy and unity in their families by helping the poor.
