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.

Bernard Berenson

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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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  • Stop
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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.

  

  Ed Harris
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• I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.

  

  Kamala Harris
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• God is decisively drawn to the humble.

  

  C. J. Mahaney
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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.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
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• Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
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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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• I don't want you to misunderstand me. You might get up and state what you believe to be Seventh-day Adventism, and I might not agree with everything you said.

  

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• You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.

  

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• If we believe heaven to be our country, it is better for us to transmit our wealth thither, than to retain it here, where we may lose it by a sudden removal.

  

  John Calvin
  • Believe
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  • Lose

• My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.

  

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  • Life
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• All managers are under pressure. It's our life, always. It's about how we manage the pressure, the victory, we have to manage everything, even me - the bookmakers put me under pressure every time!

  

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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.

  

  Bernard Berenson
  • Believe
  • Miracles
  • Virgin Mary