Emmanuel Levinas Quotes
A miracle entails a degree of irrationality-not because it shocks reason, but because it makes no appeal to it.
Emmanuel Levinas
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American research and resources have literally changed the face of humanity, by tackling deadly and once-deadly diseases.
Kathleen Sebelius
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He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.
Chanakya
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My varying pairs of legs can be quite practical or quite impractical, and I don't judge them either way. Some are for getting around a 12-hour day, pounding the pavement, and some are to feel like I can transform my own body into a workable, changing piece of art.
Aimee Mullins
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Time has always been very important in my work.
Ellsworth Kelly
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I never understood why anyone cared about the Kardashians until a friend, who's Latina, told me that she liked them because they're a family who look like hers. I was able to appreciate them differently.
Martine Syms
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I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.
Gene Tierney
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Too often they don't realize what they have until it's gone. ...they're too stubborn to say, 'Sorry, I was wrong' they hurt the ones closest to their hearts, and we let the most foolish things tear us apart.
Marilyn Monroe
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Joy is the great note all through the Bible. We have the notion of joy that arises from good spirits or good health, but the miracle of joy of God has nothing to do with a man's life or his circumstances or the condition he is in. Jesus Christ does not come to a man and say, 'Cheer up.' He plants within a man the miracle of the joy of God's own nature.
Oswald Chambers
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I for sure believe in miracles. For me, a miracle is seeing the world with light in your eyes. It's knowing there's always hope and possibility where none seems to exist. Many people are so closed to miracles that even when one is boldly staring them in the face, they label it coincidence or serendipity. I call it like I see it.
Oprah Winfrey
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You do stand-up because you have to do it. If you're doing it to become 'famous,' you're wrong. If you're doing it to become a millionaire, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. In 2003, I was flat broke. I'd been doing stand-up for 14 years at that point. I loved it and just kept at it.
Russell Peters
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A miracle entails a degree of irrationality-not because it shocks reason, but because it makes no appeal to it.
Emmanuel Levinas
