Nichiren Quotes
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.
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There is something wrong with our culture when the view that marriage is between one man and one woman, a view shared by half the nation, is portrayed as evidence of hatred.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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Action fiction is driven more by what than by who. Put that ticking nuclear suitcase under Manhattan, and it's relatively easy to create suspense. Literary fiction is driven more by who than by what.
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We do have pictures on the wall, in our office in Belfast where we spend half our time. All the head shots are on the wall. So yeah, we just throw darts at the ones we don't want anymore.
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I don't work out as much as I should, but I do believe that it's a healthy mind as well as a healthy body that keeps me fit, sound and calm.
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I don't believe in God.
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This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!
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People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.
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My landlady, who is only a tailor's widow, reads her Milton; and tells me, that her late husband first fell in love with her on this very account: because she read Milton with such proper emphasis.
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The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe.
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Here in Canada, the people who oppose the tar sands most forcefully are Indigenous people living downstream from the tar sands. They are not opposing it because of climate change - they are opposing it because it poisons their bodies.
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It certainly was unusual growing up with two fairly well-known pastors as my parents.
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As far as cutting jobs, you could cut whole agencies out of the federal government and not miss them.
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Neither of us knows what the public will think. There's no doubt in my mind that I have found out how to begin (at forty) to say something in my own voice; and that interests me so that I feel I can go ahead without praise.
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I didn't really want to be a teacher, but there was nothing else I could be. Most of those who went to the university became teachers. It was just the racial restriction on Africans.
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A fat stomach sticks out too far. It prevents you from looking down and seeing what is going on around you.
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That MySpace is the story of the year. Everyone but my mother is on it.
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This ghastly state of things is what you call Bunburying, I suppose? Algernon. Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The most wonderful Bunbury I have ever had in my life. Jack. Well, you've no right whatsoever to Bunbury here. Algernon. That is absurd. One has a right to Bunbury anywhere one chooses. Every serious Bunburyist knows that.
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Could there ever be a more wonderful story than your own?
