Bernal Díaz del Castillo Quotes
As for us, we were scarcely four hundred strong, and we well remembered the word and warning...we had received to beware of entering the city of Mexico, since they would kill us as soon as they had us inside.
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If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven, I'm failing.
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I am more vintage than I am high fashion.
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Everyone in business is tenacious and extremely aggressive. If you're not a 'now' person - do it right now - then you're not going to be successful. I like that kind of mentality.
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If they persist with it, they will be dealt with according to law.
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The sin of Adam did not make the condemnation of all men merely possible; it was the ground of their actual condemnation. So the righteousness of Christ did not make the salvation of men merely possible, it secured the actual salvation of those for whom He wrought.
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You don't have to pray to attract great things, because great things are attracted to you already. Pray that you won't throw them away once they get here.
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A creature undefiled by the taint of the world, unvexed by its injustice, unwearied by its hollow pleasures; a being fresh from the source of light, with something of its universal lustre in it. If childhood be this, how holy the duty to see that in its onward growth it shall be no other!
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Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.
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By that sin fell the angels.
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Value dwells not in particular will; It holds his estimate and dignity As well wherein 'tis precious of itself As in the prizer.
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At the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing.
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Not just Mexico. Columbus should be the home of any big game. There's absolutely no doubt about that.To be able to play in front of a decidedly pro-American crowd for both Mexico games, and to win them both 2-0, is fantastic for everybody.
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If we can maintain that level or improve on it, we can do well in next month's European Championships.
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Something about being surrounded by water has a really calming effect on me.
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A part of the popularity of these music live-streams is that artists get to sing their songs to the face of the person they mostly wrote them for - themselves.
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As for us, we were scarcely four hundred strong, and we well remembered the word and warning...we had received to beware of entering the city of Mexico, since they would kill us as soon as they had us inside.
