Edgar Saltus Quotes
To say that he hated it would be unjust, for, like most sensible people, he held hatred to be an elixir far too precious to be wasted on trivial matters.
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The interest in the supernatural in a very generic sense and in the spiritual is not in itself a factor that helps the communication of the Christian faith.
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I'm responsible. I even did a commercial for MTV saying how I was going to register to vote. And I still haven't.
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If our inner being was to be turned to the outside, and our outer being turned inward, we would appear with more wounds and diseases than the Prophet Job. For each sin that we commit and each doubt that enters our mind causes wounds in our heart and our spirit.
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There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.
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Ultimately, the goal of sanctions is to ratchet up the economic pressure on the Iranians to such a level that the regime determines it is simply too great to bear, and they are forced to weigh the decision to carry on their nuclear development and their illicit quest for nuclear weapons against the ever-growing pressure from their own people.
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As for his secret to staying married: "My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me."
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People used to live lives of quiet desperation - now they go on talk shows!
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The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.
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Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within.
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It is not attention that the child is seeking, but love.
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Alas, for the effects of bad tea and bad temper!
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It's hard to store natural gas. And it does require big storage tanks. So it doesn't work very well on passenger cars.
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The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared than in being loved.
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A lot of people don't listen to the albums. They just listen to the singles.
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I dislike the trait of ungratefulness.
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Everyone who doesn't want to believe in supernormal powers says the people who experience them are psycho. What the hell kind of a world is this if all magic moments are psychotic?
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I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
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History is an indispensable even though not the highest form of intellectual endeavor.
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Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will not save you if you are hated by the people.
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To say that he hated it would be unjust, for, like most sensible people, he held hatred to be an elixir far too precious to be wasted on trivial matters.
