Catherine of Genoa (Saint Catherine of Genoa) Quotes
Oh, what peril attaches to sin willfully committed! For it is so difficult for man to bring himself to penance, and without penitence guilt remains and will ever remain, so long as man retains unchanged the will to sin, or is intent upon committing it.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war.
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One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
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I'm not on Twitter or Facebook. I've never been interested in being on any of them. I don't know why I'm not. I just don't have that need. I feel like I'm one of the only people I know who doesn't do it.
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I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years.
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There's no denying it: I was a crappy baby who failed his way into this world, and I've been making the best of it ever since.
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I'm going to do some consulting for nonprofits and arts agencies. These are areas I'm interested in that didn't come directly out of Harvard, but certainly I started looking at things in a different manner.
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Without going outside his race, and even among the better classes with their 'white' culture and conscious American manners, but still Negro enough to be different, there is sufficient matter to furnish a black artist with a lifetime of creative work.
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Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.
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Water is the foundation for our economies, communities, ecosystems, and quality of life.
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Not taking risks one doesn't understand is often the best form of risk management.
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He checked, of course. Being sure and being willing to risk that surety against his future were not the same thing.
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For each person, they live their life and their truth and how it works for them, and that's just kind of how it works for me. I'm not good at doing whatever the other way is - it wouldn't work for me.
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My first-ever visit to a cheese factory was in Tillamook Washington... yes, I am that nerdy.
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Know yourself; keep your circle tight. Keep your friends and your work circle tight.
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Making movies is about control. You need to control your narcissism in the first place, and you need to be disciplined enough to understand the reason for the film. You need to follow the agenda of the film, not a personal agenda or that of the studio. Or, worst of all, of the actors.
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Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.
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I am a massive film geek, and I love movies.
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All men alike stand condemned, not by alien codes of ethics, but by their own, and all men therefore are conscious of guilt.
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I deal with guys in their 20s and early 30s who are presidents of companies, who are movie directors.
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Oh, what peril attaches to sin willfully committed! For it is so difficult for man to bring himself to penance, and without penitence guilt remains and will ever remain, so long as man retains unchanged the will to sin, or is intent upon committing it.
