Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes
Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This naïve faith, requires necessary illusions and emotionally potent oversimplifications, which are provided by the myth maker to keep the ordinary person on course.

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A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.
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The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
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Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.
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I never wanted to be that person who leaves 'SNL' and nothing happens.
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Unity in faith is theocracy; unity in politics is fascism.
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I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.
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When the faith dies, the culture it produced begins to die, then the civilization goes, and, then, the population.
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For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
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If you agree to do a sex scene, you have to be willing to not be awkward about it. C'mon! I don't think of it as anything other than a dance, really. I don't see that person. I don't think of me being me.
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My first film would have been 'Rough,' and it got delayed. 'Venkatadri Express' released first and became a big success. I signed 'Venkatadri' after 15 days of shooting for 'Rough'. I had lot of faith in the script, and I feel luck plays a major part.
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My kids inspire me to be the person I am today - without them I wouldn't be who I am today.
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Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.
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My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job.
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Reality is not exhausted by knowledge. Inaccessible to research are the ultimate facts. All scientific conclusions are based on axioms, all reasoning depends ultimately upon faith. Faith is virgin thinking, preceding all transcendent knowledge. To believe is to abide at the extremities of spirit.
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We are as much as we see. Faith is sight and knowledge. The hands only serve the eyes.
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My will, my faith and my body have been challenged, but make no mistake, my heart is strong and my resolve to fight will never be broken.
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I learned early on the magic of life is having a vision, having faith, and then going for it.
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I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely an individual.
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Sometimes I think our central bank will keep printing money till we run out of trees.
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'Kit Kittredge' was an amazing experience because I got to go to Canada, and it was my first 'era' film, so I got to wear the 1930s clothes, the real vintage clothes.
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Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else.
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Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This naïve faith, requires necessary illusions and emotionally potent oversimplifications, which are provided by the myth maker to keep the ordinary person on course.