Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
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At times, it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV.
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I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even though it was a great yawn - also showed people's interest in religion.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns.
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Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.
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I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.
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You need a big ego to be an artist.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Well, my husband is supportive of my work, like advocating for dialogue between cultures on YouTube.
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I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.
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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
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Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years.
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The most promising ideas begin from novelty and then add familiarity.
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To me, style is consistency.
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(Shortly after Germany forced Denmark to sign a non-aggression pact in 1939) How nice. Now the Germans can sleep in peace, knowing that they will not be invaded by us.
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For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight.
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The first acting thing I ever did was my senior year I decided not to play a sport in the Spring and, in that Spring B.J. Novak who went to school with me, asked if I'd be in this show that was a parody of all the teachers in the school, 'sure!' That was the first acting thing I did.
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Jungs! Opfert euch nicht! Der krieg ist doch scheiße, Hitler ist ein idiot! (message in a pro-allied propaganda broadcast) Translation: Boy! Do not sacrifice yourself! The war is but shit, Hitler is an idiot!
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I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I came near!
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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Genomic science, as the newest frontier in scholarly research, is throwing open the door to a revolutionary way of approaching our health, the health and welfare of animals, and the sustainability of our environment.
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Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
