Karl Barth Quotes
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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Living in Malibu is like being in a bubble, so discovering others that are so different from me has been incredibly gratifying.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.
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My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.
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The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters.
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You can be stopped if a police officer reasonably suspects a crime is about to be committed, is being committed or has been committed. Every law enforcement agency does it. It's essential to policing.
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The model of the human habitat dictated by zoning is a formless, soul-less, centerless, demoralizing mess. It bankrupts families and townships. It disables whole classes of decent, normal citizens. It ruins the air we breathe. It corrupts and deadens our spirit.
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The ideal course of life is not always easy.
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If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.
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The goal of human life is not death but resurrection.
