Catherine the Great Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good.
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Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
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As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.
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I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.
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If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it.
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I always wanted to tell the story of how Pearl Jam is the story of lightning striking twice. As well as being the flipside of the classic rock tale where great promise ends in tragedy. This is where tragedy begins great promise.
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I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.
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I wake my wife up at 3 a.m. and say, "Listen to this!"
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Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves.
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The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears.
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It's not going to happen through technology or our intellectual abilities but only through prayer. When we pray, God works. We believe God blesses churches that bless missions.
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Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. Sometimes you run over a drunk who's lain down and fallen asleep on the warm pavement. I mean, do you keep going, or what?
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Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
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The right question is usually more important than the right answer.
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If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free.
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Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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When you win, everything is everything. But when you lose, it's all about Allen Iverson and Larry Brown. When we win, I know that I get the praise and Larry Brown gets the praise, but when we lose, it's on me and Larry Brown. That's something that I have to learn to accept and deal with.
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The point is not to completely understand God but to worship Him. Let the very fact that you cannot know Him fully lead you to praise Him for His infiniteness and grandeur.
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But some of us are beginning to pull well away, in our irritation, from...the exquisite tasters, the vintage snobs, the three-star Michelin gourmets. There is, we feel, a decent area somewhere between boiled carrots and Beluga caviare, sour plonk and Chateau Lafitte, where we can take care of our gullets and bellies without worshipping them.
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I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper.
