Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.
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I always loved being fat, obviously. I'm Fat Joe.
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I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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The thing that's changed the way I do my stand-up act is having kids and getting older and wiser and smarter. There might be a joke or two in the past that I wish I hadn't done, but in the past, you can't have it back.
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I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact.
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Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.
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In a situation where it's the child or the adult, I'm going with the child.
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Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images.
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As an African-American, we stand on the shoulders of people who fought despite not seeing victories in their lifetime or even in their children's lifetime or even in their grandchildren's lifetime. So fatalism isn't really an option.
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Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
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Posing was the first job I did in which I understood what I was doing.
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How stars move tell us that most matter in the universe is dark. When we see stars in the sky, we're only seeing five or 10 percent of the matter that there is in the universe.
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I'd just like to say to everybody that it's best to check out the independent life: the independent stores and the independent everybodies. We should try not to give our money to any corporations, if we can help it.
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I am waiting for something to go wrong I am waiting for familiar resolve
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Through the fortunate effect of my frankness, I had the rarest and surest opportunity to know a man well, which is to study him at leisure in his private life and living, so to speak, with himself. For he share himself without reservation and made me feel as much at home in his house as in mine. I had almost no other abode than his own.
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'Only, the beastly Arctic won't freeze,'
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A veces, de noche, enciendo una luz, para no ver.
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I will say this: One thing I did see in my reporting again and again is that the Obamas themselves are much more involved in handling stories than is usually known.
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It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds.
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Everything inspires me, but when it comes to chemistry, and when it comes to the ups and downs of relationships, that's what's real for people.
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That which should distinguish the suffering of believers from unbelievers is the confidence that our suffering is under the control of an all-powerful and all-loving God. Our suffering has meaning and purpose in God's eternal plan, and He brings or allows to come into our lives only that which is for His glory and our good.
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Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.
