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.
Quotes to Explore
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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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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It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form. That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real. Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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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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Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, "You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?
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I can write for weeks or months sometimes and edit it down to a song. I feel like it's a piece of music that will hopefully stand the test of time and hopefully capture a moment in history if I'm doing it correctly and honestly.
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We're all here to figure out how to best give ourselves away.
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I am a glutton for a beautiful hotel. I am so easily smitten by high thread counts.
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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.
