Antonio Vieira Quotes
Don't you know, priests, why our sermons do not touch the people's heart? Because we do not preach to the eyes, only to the ears.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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If I had a spreadsheet on my computer, it looked like I was busy.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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Anything's possible. If I turn round tomorrow and say I want to be a spaceman, I could do that. You can do whatever you want to do.
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I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.
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I love brawling, but I'm a smart fighter.
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I do think from time to time that conceptual questions arise: What do we mean by equilibrium? What do we mean by this concept and that concept?
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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
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There's a logic today that places a greater value on celebrity the less it is accompanied by actual achievement. I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
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The system was aided by the Church, whose natural interests allied it more to the great than to the meek.
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As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.
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Our greatest furies spring from events which violate our sense of the ground of our existence.
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The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
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My grandfather did a lot of things in his life. What he was most proud of was raising his family.
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The point of my stories was not to defeat Trump. The point was to tell readers the facts about this man running for president. How reliable was he at keeping promises? How much moral responsibility did he feel to help those less fortunate than he? By the end of the election, I felt I'd done my job.
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Don't you know, priests, why our sermons do not touch the people's heart? Because we do not preach to the eyes, only to the ears.
