Benedict Joseph Labre Quotes
The want of proper examination, true contrition, and a firm purpose of amendment, is the cause of bad confessions, and of the ruin of souls.
Benedict Joseph Labre
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Yes, I know what passion would fill me with all its power. Before, I was too young. I got in the way. Now I know that acting and loving and suffering is living, of course, but it’s only living insofar as you can be transparent and accept your fate, like the unique reflection of a rainbow of joys and passions which is the same for everyone.
Albert Camus
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I try to spend my time on areas that I think are important for the future, and where I think I can add value.
Jeff Bezos
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I thought it was interesting when Bill Clinton said, I married my best friend, because people are always asking, what is the nature of their marriage.
Terry Gross
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... the smaller the domain where choices among alternatives are made collectively, the smaller will be the probability that any individual's preference gets overruled.
Anthony de Jasay
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People who are invested in feminist movements are going to be talking about it regardless. Because we have such powerful tools to disseminate information and share resources, especially via social media.
Andi Zeisler
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It took me a long time to figure out that real big-time success comes from taking lots of small, ordinary steps in the right direction. And you can't ever take the next step until you take the first.
Deacon Jones
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Politics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do.
George V. Higgins
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Good politicians need not be intellectuals, but they should have intellectual lives.
Gary Gutting
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If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay or a poem. Be flexible.
Hilary Mantel
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Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to and take as your guide.
Gautama Buddha
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When I started acting almost 50 years ago, it wasn't about fame. It was about acting.
Maggie Smith
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I never said Well, I don't have this and I don't have that. I said, I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get it.
Tina Turner
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