Ben Loory Quotes
Once there was a man who was afraid of his shadow. Then he met it. Now he glows in the dark.
Quotes to Explore
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Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.
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Suffering turns men towards their creator.
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I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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I'd hopefully work through all my issues with men first so then I'd be okay being with a woman.
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Really hairy backs on men turn me off. I'm not into the ape thing at all. Or beer bellies and flabby arms, either. Also, one random nose hair which is longer than the others... that's gross.
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Arab civilizations had been of an abstract nature, moral and intellectual rather than applied; and their lack of public spirit made their excellent private qualities futile. They were fortunate in their epoch: Europe had fallen barbarous; and the memory of Greek and Latin learning was fading from men's minds.
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Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men.
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The greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
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Men tend to be selfish.
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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
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Men are taught that if we are not the ultimate provider, we are a complete failure. We have to be number one in everything we do. There is nothing more delusional or paralysing than what I have just described.
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Throughout the history of Iceland, men have been lost at sea; every family in Iceland is connected to that kind of story.
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Recruitment and retention are critical to sustain our Armed Forces with the best men and women willing to stand in the gap and make huge sacrifices to ensure our freedom.
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There was a time when men thought it was sexy to have a housewife waiting for him to come home from work in her slippers, but in modern society, I think an independent woman is even more sexy.
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Women need to learn to value themselves. But that has to be inculcated in men as much as women.
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The world is dark and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.
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Twenty men crossing a bridge, Into a village, Are twenty men crossing twenty bridges, Into twenty villages, Or one man Crossing a single bridge into a village.
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The fluctuations of certainty, the change Of degrees of perception in the scholar’s dark.
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, And in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. Not in the morning alone, not only at mid-day he charmeth; Even at setting, the sun is still the same glorious planet.
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The atom can't be seen, yet its existence can be proved. And it is simple to prove that it can't ever be seen. It has to be studied by indirect evidence - and the technical difficulty has been compared to asking a man who has never seen a piano to describe a piano from the sound it would make falling downstairs in the dark.
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I lived in the library with my grandmother as a child. I still love the smell of books; the library card is still my friend.
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I always listen to music, my passion and vice is music, I will be denied access to heaven because of the number of CDs I own, and I have gluttony for all types and colours of music.
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All that we know who lie in gaol - Is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, A year whose days are long.
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Once there was a man who was afraid of his shadow. Then he met it. Now he glows in the dark.
