Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
There are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self's sake. 2) Love of God for self's sake. 3) Love of God for God's own sake. 4) Love of self for God's sake.
Quotes to Explore
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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'Breaking Bad' was such a high plateau.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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You can say we're trying too hard or that we didn't try hard enough, but we're not trying at all; we're just doing what we do.
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Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.
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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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We must not let daylight in upon the magic.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.
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Hemingway's minimalism is based on the psychological mechanics of repression. An echo of his approach can be detected in a favorite trope of 1980s minimalists: a pattern of reference to dire secrets and hidden wounds these authors didn't realize they were supposed to have imagined.
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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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I feel that for the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' to be impactful, it has to be believable, and there has to be a certain level of chemistry between the two characters.
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Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.
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You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right.
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The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States.
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Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired.
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It is true I'd rather get a hole in one than win an Academy Award.
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You can't have good ideas unless you're willing to generate a lot of bad ones.
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I prefer love scenes to be shot up close with a lot of focus on eyes and mouths. Otherwise it can feel uncomfortable and voyeuristic.
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Maybe the poets are right. Maybe love is the only answer.
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There are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self's sake. 2) Love of God for self's sake. 3) Love of God for God's own sake. 4) Love of self for God's sake.
