Christian D. Larson Quotes
To keep any great nation up to a high standard of civilization there must be enough superior characters to hold the balance of power, but the very moment the balance of power gets into the hands of second-rate men and women, a decline of that nation is inevitable.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
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The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.
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I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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I love to go all out - once I start doing my makeup, I kind of tend to do a lot of it. So like foundation, contour, highlight, eyeliner, shadow, lashes, lipstick - everything! But I really, really love my contours.
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I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.
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It is disheartening when you read an interview with an actress, and it starts by describing what she is wearing.
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It's good to play 100 per cent live - no tricks, no samples, no messing about.
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Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.
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You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
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I have always done work to which my heart says yes.
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It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it.
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Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
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If you get conquered by ego, then you are losing the fight.
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I would like to use stories as a springboard for children to make their own creative responses. I would like to encourage them to express themselves using music, art, film or whatever, and upload it to a website having been inspired by particular stories.
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Any Southerner is spoiled when it comes to food.
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Get it out of your historic head.
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There is no such passion in human nature, as the passion for gravy among commercial gentlemen.
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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
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If your mom is still around, you're so lucky.
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Cause I am strong and I can prove it And I got my dreams to see me through It's just a mountain, I can move it And with faith enough there's nothing I can't do And I can see the light of a clear blue morning And I can see the light of brand new day I can see the light of a clear blue morning And everything's gonna be all right It's gonna be okay [lyrics from "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"]
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To keep any great nation up to a high standard of civilization there must be enough superior characters to hold the balance of power, but the very moment the balance of power gets into the hands of second-rate men and women, a decline of that nation is inevitable.
