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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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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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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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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The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.
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For years, I did whatever I could just to pay the bills and gain experience and work with as many different people as I could.
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I like to think I have quite a few different styles - sometimes it's a bit rock n' roll, other times more girly and feminine.
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I feel very strongly that you can't just beat people up anymore; you have to work hand in hand and find ways to compromise, and get big business involved, because it won't happen otherwise.
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I think what we've found is that when you can use products with your friends and your family and the people you care about, they tend to be more engaging. I think that we're really going to see this huge shift where a lot of industry is and products are just going to be remade to be social.
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Largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the Reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than at any time since World War II.
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He was neither clever nor sensitive, but he was loyal--stubbornly sometimes, and even annoyingly and stupidly so in later life.
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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.
