Barry Neil Kaufman Quotes
Worrying about the future is like trying to eat the hole in a doughnut. It's munching on what isn't.
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I have a really dark, rich, thick sense of humor.
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The minister who keeps back hell from his people in his sermons is neither a faithful nor a charitable man.
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Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous.
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Because exploration is not science driven, you've got to ask what is it driven by? And it's driven by politics.
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This is our festival and on this day we are all Indians. We celebrate the festival by maintaining the spirit of brotherhood.
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In Canada you grow up - we're next to the United States. We're watching whatever you're watching. We're following your news. It's obvious that we are inundated with American cultural information and political information. Whereas the opposite is not true.
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There are things one does not say for a long time, but, once they are said, one never stops repeating them.
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Virtue lies in the middle ground.
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Went to the paper shop - it had blown away.
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There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.
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To be gentle and kind, modest and truthful, to be full of faith and integrity, doing no wrong is of God; goodness sheds a halo of loveliness around every person who possesses it, making their countenances beam with light, and their society desirable because of its excellency. They are loved of God, of holy angels, and of all the good earth, while they are hated, envied, admired, and feared by the wicked.
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God knew we would make mistakes. Life is all about mistakes. It is constant change and growth. Our greatest challenges in life will one day be known to us as our greatest teachers.
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A few yes men may be born, but mostly they are made. Fear is a great breeder of them.
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What differentiates the success stories from the failures is that the successful entrepreneurs had the foresight, the ability, and the tools to discover which parts of their plans were working brilliantly and which were misguided, and adapt their strategies accordingly.
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People to whom their daily life appears too empty and monotonous easily grow religious; this is comprehensible and excusable, only they have no right to demand religious sentiments from those whose daily life is not empty and monotonous.
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Elder mocked me for praying once, and i spent an hour berating him for that. He ended up throwing up his hands, laughing, and telling me i could believe whatever i wanted if i was going to hold onto my beliefs so hard.
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Worrying is wasted time. Use the same energy for doing something about whatever worries you.
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You keep worrying you’re taking up too much space. I wish you’d let yourself be the milky way.
