Eugene Rivers Quotes
Funding for faith-based charities should be judged based on performance and results - not religion. Now, if our sin is that our religion can produce the results, then we plead guilty.
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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I think people appreciate honesty.
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My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
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I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what's right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight.
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A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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I'm very into science-fantasy, that kind of swordfights and magic and technology thing.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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Thus, in general, in the first instance, the direction of interest in empirical fact will be canalised by the logical structure of the theoretical system.
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I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.
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When you watch a film, a huge part of it is the music and the coloring and everything that comes together to create such a unique film. So, reading the script, I had no idea what it was gonna be.
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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.
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I loved the idea of Travolta sitting on the kid's swing, pining away for his girlfriend.
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I've written books as acts of discovery: things I need to know and that I need to touch. And it's very dangerous work to deal with the most toxic internal elements... I feel like Madame Curie at my computer. I feel like I should be hemorrhaging from my eyes and ears.
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There was a moment when designers draped in ermine would be reading Proust, or pretending to.
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My mother persevered through much adversity because she possessed faith in God, self-respect, and an awareness of history; most especially, she was astute in Africa's significant contribution to world history. Sister Betty refused to live her life as a victim.
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I never wanted to be an actress. I didn't have any ambition in that area.
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Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.
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What we choose to ask, when we ask, what our underlying attitude is as we ask—all are key to relationship building, to communication, and to task performance.
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Only those who went hungry with me and stood by me when I went through a bad time at some point in life will eat at my table.
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For every artist, experience is never complete until it has been reproduced in creative work.
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Funding for faith-based charities should be judged based on performance and results - not religion. Now, if our sin is that our religion can produce the results, then we plead guilty.
