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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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Films like 'Bond' fund training schemes for film technicians of the future, and working on films themselves provides a great training ground for budding directors and cinematographers. If there's no money there for films to be made, it's like a house of cards, it all comes tumbling down.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
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In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
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I'm easy to hate. I get it.
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One of Britain's big problems throughout history has been that we lust after consumer goods from elsewhere, but our friends overseas have been less enthusiastic about buying things we produce.
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On the field, I went from an anonymous redshirt to a short-yardage specialist to a Heisman Trophy candidate. Off the field, I showed up as a wild kid and grew up.
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The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate our prosperity and freedom is a ridiculous lie.
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I never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work.
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One of the things I learned in animation is that you never, ever want to start doing a voice that you can't sustain for four straight hours.
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If you want to attract the coolest man in the world become the coolest woman in the world.
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Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe.
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I’m an old woman, your mother’s an old woman, so I’ll be an old woman, and I’ll do what I please.
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I'm always nervous before a job! I always think I'm going to be fired, I always think I can't do it. I always think I'm going to disappoint somebody, myself included.
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If I'm going to give up the single life, it better be good - because I'm having fun!
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Don’t lose a woman that has seen your flaws and still love you.
