Emmanuel Charles McCarthy Quotes
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered that I didn't need to. If the thing is true, why there it is.
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For one man who can introduce another to Jesus Christ by the way he lives and by the atmosphere of his life, there are a thousand who can only talk jargon about him.
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I could never be James Bond.
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Sir, I may not have been always a Christian, but I am very sure that I have been a gentleman.
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I first noticed my varicose veins when I was pregnant with my second child, and I'd always thought that it was something that affected older, inactive people. I looked at my lifestyle and thought, 'I can't be a candidate for this.' Eventually, the pain became something I couldn't ignore.
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We are an indebted family going out for an expensive meal to celebrate getting approved foe a new credit card. It might feel good (at the time), but we're still simply delaying the inevitable.
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The talent of making friends is not equal to the talent of doing without them.
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The priest knows, as every one knows, that there is no longer any "God," or any "sinner," or any "Saviour" that "free will" and the "moral order of the world" are lies : serious reflection, the profound self conquest of the spirit, allow no man to pretend that he does not know it.
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Patience is never more important than when you are at the edge of losing it.
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Life is too short to be able to love as one should.
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Religions are different roads converging to the same point.
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If we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others.
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We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.
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In Haverford on the Platte the townspeople still talk of Lucy Gayheart.
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There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.
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America must begin the struggle for democracy at home. The advocacy of free elections in Europe by American officials is hypocrisy when free elections are not held in great sections of America.
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Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.
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I confess that I cannot understand how we can plot, lie, cheat and commit murder abroad and remain humane, honorable, trustworthy and trusted at home.
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Treason implies responsibility for something, control over something, influence upon something, knowledge of something. Treason in our time is a proof of genius. Why, I want to know, are not traitors decorated?
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Murder decorated with a ribbon is still murder.
