Bernard Berenson Quotes
Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or Hindus who have never heard of her.
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I'd assumed that a deal was a deal when Princeton admitted me, but I was wrong. The price of getting in - to the university itself, and to the great world it promised to open up - was an endless dunning for nebulous services that weren't included in the initial quote.
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Once you avoid the things that accelerate aging like smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and excessive sun exposure, you've done about as much as you can to influence your aging process.
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Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.
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The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
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Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.
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This is what the election of 2010 was about. We didn't send conservatives to Washington to flirt with Democrat proposals for higher taxes and more debt. We sent leaders to stop them.
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I had to jump on the tractor and do my chores. I would have just killed to be in town, to be able to Rollerblade hand-in-hand with somebody I had a crush on. I just wanted to get off the farm, to find my outlet.
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I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff down, cleaning stuff up, building steps, or working with concrete, you know, brickwork.
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I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.
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God is decisively drawn to the humble.
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The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it.
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I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it.
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In India, we say one thing, and we do something else.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted.
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The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.
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I founded DonorsChoose.org because I care about learning, and I believe every student in our country deserves a great education.
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When I get married it will be for keeps.
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I love salt. Then again, who doesn't?
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Making a film is like making a mixtape. You're collecting all this stuff and putting your favorite stuff into it: you have actors that you like, characters that you're interested in, moments you want to explore, themes you want to deal with, music that you want to put in. It's a pastiche of all these things that deal with how you see the world.
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Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or Hindus who have never heard of her.
