Ephrem the Syrian Quotes
In the measure to which a man cuts off and humbles his own will, he proceeds toward success. But insofar as he stubbornly guards his own will, so much does he brings harm to himself.
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Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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I'm not just a rapper. I'm a child educator.
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Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
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When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.
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Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.
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I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.
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You might call me an accidental entrepreneur.
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It's probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emacs buffer is higher than with most software.
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The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another.
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I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.
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I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.
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We want to make sure that women have a way to use all their gifts in society, to get educated, to be all they can be in the workforce, to really develop as people in all the ways that they can. We want this for men too! And we want this for children. Well this can't happen if this can be sandbagged by an ill-timed and unwanted pregnancy.
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There are musicians who go through their lives sort of shedding their skins. For me, I've always felt backward-compatible to Version 1.0.
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Ferran Adria making hamburgers... some thought it was crazy. But getting them perfect was a challenge. Plus I'm fascinated by all aspects of food.
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The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.
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The truth of the matter is that I have lasted a long time, and with it comes both good and bad things. One of the good things is that no one can ever take my career away from me. No one can ever say, 'You can't be in the theater any more.'
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I don't think you can get away with putting your talents in a toilet bowl and not having them flushed away. Forever. There is a level of murder of one's soul and of the culture that they're supposed to be feeding vitamins to.
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Environmentalists should like fracking for its relative cleanliness. But they don't. They have made a bugaboo out of the chemicals in fracking fluids, which supposedly can leach into groundwater sources. I'm convinced they're dead wrong. Ultimately, good technology with a cost advantage will win out over paranoia.
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As Christians, we're asked to give. In my sport, if someone needs equipment or help with something, regardless of who they are as a competitor, I'm called to help them for a higher purpose. So it definitely affects everything I do. It's not easy. It's very hard to love everyone.
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
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In the measure to which a man cuts off and humbles his own will, he proceeds toward success. But insofar as he stubbornly guards his own will, so much does he brings harm to himself.
