Carrie Vaughn Quotes
That we have purpose for being who we are, and what we are, though we may not always know it.
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
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My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something that's old, and you really do want to mix those styles, then you have to add something that's obviously modern with it. You can't put a kind of a mediocre thing in the middle.
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People will always want a free lunch.
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You are a spirit, then,you Man, and not a Manat all.You are a spirit and you dwellwithin the guts of mortal beast.
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I firmly believe that the benevolent Creator designed the republican Form of Government for Man.
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In England a man is presoomed to be innocent till he's proved guilty an' they take it f 'r granted he's guilty. In this counthry a man is presoomed to be guilty ontil he's proved guilty an' afther that he's presoomed to be innocent.
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Even at the risk of losing all the golden eggs of the future, I had to find out what made the goose lay those eggs
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The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one – particularly if he plays golf, which he usually does.
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It takes two to speak the truth, - one to speak, and another to hear.
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There was a saying of the peasants-the rat cannot call the cat to account. But it was also true that if the moon moves but slowly, still it crosses the city.
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For a long time, I dressed like an idiot. In college, I had a fully shaved head with just two horns. Like, a coxcomb of hair that I would sculpt into two horns. I looked like a crazy person.
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I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood.
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A quiet conscience makes one so serene.
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Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.
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If the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate from it, for the mere purpose of enabling it to support a larger, but not a happier or a better population, I sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that they will be content to be stationary, long before necessity compels them to it.
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In pure architecture the smallest detail should have a meaning or serve a purpose.
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That we have purpose for being who we are, and what we are, though we may not always know it.
