Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes
Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.
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I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
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I accidentally entered a youth pageant when I was 14. That's like a beauty pageant, but without the beauty. It was terrible.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.
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I love books.
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What do young, budding artists do, but go to law school? I had creative periods now and again, but it wasn't until I was practicing law that I really needed a creative outlet. I'd come home from long days at the office and draw, paint, and sculpt from clay, wire - even candy.
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It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.
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The fact is fiction is always a representation of life, sometimes the lives of famous people.
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I try to live my life, do what I want, and just let everything else follow along.
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I had a really hard time when I was 16, 17, 18. I started with the eating disorder in high school.
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What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?
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The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
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One of the reasons religions are widely accepted is spiritual laziness and its resulting fear.
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Science is the future of mankind.
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If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.
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I love someone with something to prove.
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For whatever reason, people just like to come out and say whatever they want to say about you when you're on TV.
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I've always sensed for myself an obligation to bear witness to my time.
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I therefore beg that you would indulge me with the liberty of declining the arduous trust.
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I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful.
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In Holland, every Monday evening my creative team meets to discuss fresh new ideas. We try to look at what's happening in the world. Are there trends? Are there new developments we should be aware of? And regularly we heard that people are uncertain about the future. People are sick and tired of the rules and regulations.
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I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least fifty.
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It's unrealistic to think that the future of humanity can be achieved only on the basis of prayer; what we need is to take action.
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Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.
