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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If you go to a theme park, there will be so many rides. You will get an exciting experience in each of them. Like that, every film is an experience that entertains you. Some films will touch your heart. Some will touch you emotionally. There is nothing more than that.
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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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The army is always the same. The sun and the moon change. The army knows no seasons.
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I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality.
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The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.
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I believe in God. Spirit, I'm big time on that.
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Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.
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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.
