Catherine the Great Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact.
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If there were a people consisting of gods, they would be governed democratically. So perfect a government is not suitable to men.
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My biggest fear is that a paparazzi or someone ... is going to come in my backyard and see me when I get in my pool. That would be very unfortunate.
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The church converteth the whole world by blood and prayer.
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The great advantage the telephone possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the instrument.
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When you're in other people's country you don't speak your own language out of respect. You don't need to speak.
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It's nice to invest yourself fully in whatever you're doing... I think it's best to try and give everything you've got; otherwise, what's the point?
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I've been evaluating how much I value happiness in my life. To be too driven takes away your happiness.
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The man who knows God but does not know his own misery, becomes proud. The man who knows his own misery but does not know God, ends in despair...the knowledge of Jesus Christ constitutes the middle course because in him we find both God and our own misery. Jesus Christ is therefore a God whom we approach without pride, and before whom we humble ourselves without despair.
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Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity.
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When you're entrusted with a tradition, you've got to protect it.
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Em reminds me of one of my friends from back home. It was just so natural. I forgot in two seconds that he was the biggest-selling artist of the decade. He knows what he’s doing. Me and him mixed the song together and he’s not like somebody that’s telling somebody what to do. We were both on the board turning knobs. The atmosphere and the vibe down there was just super cool.
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People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.
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Words are the only arteries of thought our poor human body possesses.
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If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.
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All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism.
