Benjamin Hart Quotes
A society based on Christian principles provides for pluralism, but with enough restrictions to prevent civilization from degenerating into chaos.
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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I'm not a proper traveler. I don't like to be challenged or have too much of a change and prefer a week away just to relax.
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We all go to the theater and cinema to be inspired and moved on an emotional level, sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears. Once I discovered that acting could have such an effect, I was sold. It has been one of the most rewarding discoveries I have ever made.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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I can never sit still. I wanna hurl myself into life.
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There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
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I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.
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When I go to a web video meeting and look around, at least half the show runners are women. And a lot are actors-cum-writers who are frustrated with the situation of being a woman actor in Hollywood and have decided to create their own show.
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The world I travel is my inspiration. I name my dresses after cities that inspire me.
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When I am an old woman, I will stop trying to look beautiful. I will quit wearing makeup and buying uncomfortable clothes because they look good. Maybe I will take up nudism.
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Very few athletes get to experience a home Games, and I don't want to pass up the chance.
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I was always playing the hard-bitten drunk.
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Michael Jordan was that guy - he was Michael Jordan. So whatever he did, we followed.
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That's why, when Alias came along, I knew I'd be OK if the show was on for five or six years because the writing was so good and the creative team was so strong.
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Armageddon is not a foreign policy.
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I refute it thus.
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The stony-minded orthodox were right in fearing the first movement of new knowledge and free thought. It has gone on, and will go on, irresistibly, until some day we shall have no respect for an alleged 'truth' which cannot stand the full blaze of knowledge, the full force of active thought.
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and relevance of the contemporary arts, specifically music, for a society which by and large seems to manage quite well without them.
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I see that I am to wait for what will be exhibited by death.
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I belong to the political party that generally fits my philosophical beliefs, but I reserve the right to vote my conscience after careful deliberation. My voting record reflects this.
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A society based on Christian principles provides for pluralism, but with enough restrictions to prevent civilization from degenerating into chaos.
