Brother Roger (Roger Schütz) Quotes
The more a believer wishes to live the absolute call of God, the more essential it is to do so in the heart of human distress.Brother Roger
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What worries me is that conservative thought is moving quickly, but we're kind of the pachyderms in Congress because things move so slowly.
Jack Kingston -
I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.
Garth Nix -
I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.
Oliver Reed -
What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
T. C. Boyle -
Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
Natalia Makarova -
Cate Blanchett is somebody who I could watch do anything. I love what an extraordinary chameleon she can be. There's something about the way she bends and transforms that feels otherworldly to me.
Maggie Siff
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I promised myself a long time ago that I would lead an interesting life.
Sacheen Littlefeather -
We should change the current economic system dominated by big business groups to a one where small and medium-sized enterprises develop together.
Park Geun-hye -
Act so that the effects of your actions are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life.
Hans Jonas -
Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.
Samuel Johnson -
when we had a king, and a chancellor, and parliament-men o' our ain, we could aye peeble them wi' stanes when they werena gude bairns - But naebody's nails can reach the length o' Lunnon.
Walter Scott -
To return to the question of strategy...The Falkland Islands are unlikely to cause a major explosion.
Edward Heath
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It was the technique of a man who selected thoughts as one might select pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. In due course they would be reassembled together so as to make a clear and coherent picture. At the moment the important thing was the selection, the separation.
Agatha Christie -
'But of course, you don’t believe in the existence of sin, do you?''I believe in the existence of reckless stupidity,' Rashmika replied.
Alastair Reynolds -
Mitt - what I speak to Mitt Romney about is jobs. What I speak to Mitt Romney about is China, because he's got a great view on China and how they're trying to destroy our country by taking our jobs and making our product and manipulating their currency, so that it makes it almost impossible for our companies to compete.
Donald Trump -
Humor writing requires a rhythm and timing, as well as some kind of connection to the reader, and I think that's how I tap into it.
Kristan Higgins -
I think Mr. Trump's people are very, very passionate, and they're angry because of the way that this country has been taken advantage of from so many other countries. That's a frustration level I think a lot of people in this country feel, and people express it in different ways.
Corey Lewandowski -
The good guy doesn't always finish first.
Dayton Callie
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I think family mealtime is really important. There's a lot of research that shows kids are going to do better in school and have more self-esteem if you can all sit down and eat together.
Jewel Kilcher -
Obviously, you need talent to do well in your sport, but I think hard work goes a long way. You need to be lucky within the sport too, though. In badminton, you can benefit from good draws and people getting injured.
Rajiv Ouseph -
She's a slob, she talks like a truck driver.
Donald Trump -
I am, as far as my politics reaches, 'King and Country' - no 'Innovations in Religion and Government' say I.
John Clare -
So light a fire!" Harry choked. "Yes...of course...but there's no wood!" ... "HAVE YOU GONE MAD!" Ron bellowed. "ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT!
Joanne Rowling -
The more a believer wishes to live the absolute call of God, the more essential it is to do so in the heart of human distress.
Brother Roger