Benedict of Nursia Quotes

And let them first pray together, that so they may associate in peace.

Benedict of Nursia

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• It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.

  

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• If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.

  

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• Just look at what is right in front of you. People don't do that. They see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see. They only hear the music and not the lyrics of human events.

  

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• A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.

  

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• Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.

  

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• Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.

  

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• Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they already exist somewhere else.

  

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• You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.

  

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• I'm a plodder, not a planner.

  

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• From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.

  

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• Our Soviet writer must be guided in his world only by the need of the people, useful for the society.

  

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• And, growing tired, we turn aside at last,Remember our secret selves, seek out our towers,Lay weary hands on the banisters, and climb;Climbing, each, to his little four-square dreamOf love or lust or beauty or death or crime.

  

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• There's room for saying things in bright shiny colours.

  

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• I even have shoes that don't fit. They're just so cool, I wanted to have them.

  

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• I wanted to stimulate thought instead of throwing things out or try to give a perspective. I just put stuff up and it's up for two or three weeks and I get tired of it, so I take it down and put something else up.

  

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• I don't have the freaking energy to write a memo. I'm out there saving lives.

  

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• I guess artists are living inspiration. There's something very pure about a person that fantasizes. I like hearing their stories, watching them work. Their take on the world interests me. It's not unified.

  

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• Most website developers say an aggregator website, such as what healthcare.gov is, could be built easily for a half a million dollars. They have spent a half a billion dollars.

  

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• I'd love to do 'The Expendables.' It's just a kick in the pants.

  

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• For years, American officials visiting China marvelled at how Chinese leaders could push through infrastructure projects and sweeping legislative changes without the complications of opposition and the niceties of voting.

  

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• I think she would be a very interesting patient. I'd recommend she come three times a week.

  

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• And let them first pray together, that so they may associate in peace.

  

  Benedict of Nursia
  • Peace
  • Pray
  • Associate