Carl L. Becker (Carl Lotus Becker) Quotes
Reason is incompetent to answer any fundamental question about God, or morality, or the meaning of life.
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Ben Roethlisberger is a proven winner in athletic competition. But the measure of a true leader is how they conduct themselves 24/7, not just during a winning touchdown drive or a goal-line stance. Leadership isn't something that gets switched off because the game clock expires.
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Irresponsibility is the mark of every European politician who holds out the promise of a better life to immigrants and encourages them to leave everything behind and risk their lives in setting out for Europe.
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What's in the movie compared to what we shot is the tip of the iceberg.
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Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy.
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People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
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Está atado a ellos y no comprendes cómo, porque ellos no están atados a ti.
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The truth is that I have lived on an even keel. I don't go down, and I don't go up. I believe in living above the line. Above the line is happiness and love, you know. Below the line is all sadness and destruction and unhappiness. And I don't go down below the line for anything.
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Paul Desmond sounds like a female alcoholic.
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These French-style caramels are handmade in California. It's always hard to give them away!
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There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and technical flaws might have relegated him to a minor career.
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My bag is approaching something and taking it to another place. Like words-you take a word and by the time you've finished with it, you milk it and you go through the emotion of what it is, what it means there and then.
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First Sergeant P. Andrew McKenna served our nation with distinction. All Rhode Islanders are grateful for his service, and our prayers are with his family and loved ones, we havelost a patriot and ahero.
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Our school facilities must be repaired, and our teachers need to be trained and treated as artisans of a noble profession.
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First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ...study and read everything you can on the subject.
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You have no right to own a yacht if you ask that question.
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Time can turn a scab into a beauty mark.
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Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
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Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.
