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.
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Convince me, but without convictions. Convictions no longer convince me.
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Le sujet d'une belle tragédie doit n'être pas vraisemblable.
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Every great success is an accumulation of thousands of ordinary efforts that no one else sees or appreciates.
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Lindsey Graham is now the seventh Republican running for president. If you're keeping score, that's basically one Republican candidate for every two Republican voters.
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Years ago I used to cry but I think I used up all my tears. I have to take helpful steps and it's not going to help me to cry.
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If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.
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There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Politics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do.
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Good politicians need not be intellectuals, but they should have intellectual lives.
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Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.
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People have said on blogs - which is kind of where I decide where to describe my style, from other people telling me - so I don't know, people say it's like, "electro-pop with glam and old rock influences." Or it's "indie pop" or whatever that means.
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Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.
