Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in – that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue.
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I am a just man.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Out of the depths, O Lord, out of the depths,' begins the most beautiful of the services of our church, and it is out of the depths of my life that I must bring the incidents of this story.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
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There's a love of rhetorical skill in the Muslim world. Osama bin Laden doesn't just go on tape cassettes and say, 'America sucks.' He recites poetry; he finds things that 'America sucks' rhymes with.
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I'm not big on remakes.
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools.
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I think it's really important to remember that it's a long life, and it's a long career. In a perfect world, your career will be long. It does not begin and end with any one job. The point is to continue to have longevity in your career.
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We're from Athens, GA.; we're big Bulldog fans, and I remember watching A. J. Green, David Pollock, David Greene. We were big Cowboys and Falcons fans.
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In elementary school, I was always writing little plays for my friends to be in. I was much more of a director than a performer.
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I'm the little half-black, half-Jewish girl who was odd and awkward. I try to be myself.
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You need these experiences. Just know that sometimes, the director has a specific look in mind.
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If people support independently owned small businesses in their community, they can make a difference.
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If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too.
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There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in – that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.
