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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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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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.
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Certainly, there's a possibility of an amendment, that's something we're looking at.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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I would always direct my own stuff in Mexico.
