Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
Quotes to Explore
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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We do not need to have a way to talk clearly about other people's images.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
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Life is just so much fun and so filled with humor.
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.
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The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by benefit of some mystical external force. In reality, to be a writer, you have to sit down and write. It's work, and often it's hard work.
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It was just two energies between two people, you can't prescribe that.
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I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.
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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
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Ever since I was young, if somebody needs help, you help them out.
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Much violence against women originates in emotional territory that they already command. By midlife and early old age, as the hormones of both genders change, women are in total, despotic control of their marriages.
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Action for Happiness encourages each of us to live more compassionately and put the happiness of others at the centre of our lives. This is the path to lasting peace and happiness
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When a road is very dark it is hard to see the milestones on it.
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The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me to find my own voice seem to have lost theirs.
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Unless you're living on the street and surviving on a diet of discarded turkey drumsticks, there's no point in being gloomy. We've spent too long trying to cheer ourselves up by spending money on brightly coloured things we don't really need. We've stopped using our imaginations.
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I'm probably wouldn't do anything differently if I had to do it again. Every little thing that happens to you, good and bad, becomes a little piece of the puzzle of who you become. Every successful person you read about - Warren Buffett, Bill Gates - they all say pretty much the same thing. 'Do what you love.' I know I did.
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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
