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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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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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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I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919, I know that I never had it made.
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There's a time to impress someone, and then there's a time to make an impression on someone.
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I come from a jazzy, acoustic, folky background. Everything has to work with melodies; the words have to have meaning.
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There's this idea that Hollywood sells over and over again: 'If I just looked more like this, I'd be accepted.'
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
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I think my mystery, or any person's mystery, is the thing that makes them most interesting. I try to be as conscious as possible of keeping that alive.
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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.
