Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople Quotes
Man has sought to take from the natural world not only that which is necessary for his stability and survival, but often seeks to satisfy his perceived and ultimately false psychological needs, such as his need for self-display, luxuries and the like. Twenty percent of humanity consumes eighty percent of the world's wealth and is accountable for an equal percentage of the world's ecological catastrophes.
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With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
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The good life, as it is popularly conceived, typically involves acquiring mastery in one's work, thus gaining for oneself better terms - or means to rewards, whether material, like wealth, or nonmaterial - an experience we may call 'prospering.'
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Can anyone seriously contend that whether a 14-year-old boy, who thinks he is a girl, gets to use the girls' bathroom is a civil rights issue comparable to whether African-Americans get the right to vote?
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Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
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I love looking at people who have achieved a lot - even Kim Kardashian, who has made a brand out of being a reality TV star; I applaud that.
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Let's face it: fitness is boring. But it's critical to be extremely dedicated to whatever you decide to take up to achieve a desired result. There's no way you are going to get there without dedication, which is the key for me.
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If I was 14 or 15 again, I would do the same thing. I've done everything. I think I've accomplished more than I had in mind.
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It takes extraordinary wisdom and self-control to accept that many things have a logic we do not understand that is smarter than our own.
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Sexual harassment legislation in its present form makes all men unequal to all women.
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Powerful women intimidate men. If she's a really well-known woman, she has a career, she's famous - in that case, men are really afraid.
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Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.
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All I hope, selfishly, is that there will be real books until the day I draw my last breath.
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Every actor is a model to a certain extent, since they have to do so much press.
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We talk a lot on 'Biggest Loser' about how fitness is a natural antidepressant, how it burns off stress. What I like about running is that it gives me time alone. I'm always busy, with people at work, with my kids. I love getting out for a run by myself and just listening to my music.
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When I was coming of age, I remembered reading and studying the initial ideas within the feminist movement. There was this idea with my parents' generation that in order to find equality, a woman would need to behave like a man.
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I am endorsing Barack Obama because he is a new kind of leader: he speaks with a different voice; he brings a new perspective and inspires a real excitement from the American people.
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I don't have a Twitter account.
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When I first started playing guitar, so many people told me I couldn't do this or couldn't do that. But I kept at it and ignored that.
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That's when I got my guard down. He was okay with going to my office and meeting people and being seen. That's how he got me.
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Marriage is a living sign that truly communicates the love of Christ and the Church.
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With humour, there is life.
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Photography is a bridge between science and art. It brings to science what it needs most, the artistic sense, and to art the proof that nothing can be imagined which cannot be matched in the counterpoints of nature.
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I never thought I'd be on T.V. For me as a kid in Liverpool, it was a more realistic option to be a singer.
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Man has sought to take from the natural world not only that which is necessary for his stability and survival, but often seeks to satisfy his perceived and ultimately false psychological needs, such as his need for self-display, luxuries and the like. Twenty percent of humanity consumes eighty percent of the world's wealth and is accountable for an equal percentage of the world's ecological catastrophes.
