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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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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I'm sure that President Johnson would never have pursued the war in Vietnam if he'd ever had a Fulbright to Japan, or say Bangkok, or had any feeling for what these people are like and why they acted the way they did. He was completely ignorant.
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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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I like to do things sort of intuitively, I think.
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The telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.
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Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
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In Mexico, audiences want to see a big discussion around a film - what we expect from Hollywood films worldwide is more of an entertaining show. 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' was a road movie and comedy, but it had a very strong political connotation that sparked a discussion in Mexico that is still going on.
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When I'm done with all of this, I'm going to write a book on it: have a guide to having a life and being on the road. Especially having a family and being on the road.
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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
