Eva Brann Quotes
Did the gods once mingle with humankind, or is Homer a visionary madman, or, what is worse, a mere poet, a maker-up of beautiful falsities, an elegant liar? I shall grapple with that perplexity, only to emerge as I went in, in a cloud of unknowing, if perhaps a little the wiser.
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There is, and there will be, an increasing demand for a principled global security provider, for a superpower that believes in multilateralism and cooperation.
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A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.
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Scotland is the best place in the whole world.
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To my child's eyes, which had seen nothing else, Shanghai was a waking dream where everything I could imagine had already been taken to its extreme.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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There always have been funny women.
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If we know we're just going to have sex and then ditch the guy, it can be fun.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
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Preachers must always fight the temptation to preach anything but Christ and Him crucified.
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That obviously includes France, Germany, and Italy, who are offering forces as part of this coalition and all the other member states as well.
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When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect that to going on and becoming a comedian. I was interested in acting and while I was at Boston College I was part of an improv group, Mother's Fleabag, which had a long history and has been known as one of the best college improvisation groups in the U.S.
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Thank God for my computer. Sometimes when there is no one to talk to, I talk aloud so that I can get all my thoughts out and try to figure out the issues that I'm having and try, I'm trying to find the answers.
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Harry, just go down to the lake tomorrow, right, stick your head in, yell at the merpeople to give back whatever they’ve nicked, and see if they chuck it out. Best you can do, mate.
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For every action there’s a reaction. And also, for every action there’s an equal and opposite criticism.
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Stress is the result of not listening to your heart. If you ignore it for too long, and surrender your power to someone else, your chest will explode with panic. I take plenty of time for me.
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Bad quarrels come when two people are wrong. Worse quarrels come when two people are right.
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A breeze discovered my open book and began to flutter the leaves to look.
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Male and female gossip also sounds different, as women use more animated tones, more detail and more feedback.
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He who refuses to learn deserves extinction.
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God's grace is so powerful that it has the capacity to overcome our natural resistance to it.
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Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.
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Being a poet in the States is quite different from being one in China, because in the States poetry depends on the universities for its support. They finance the poets and help them get published. That isn't so in China. But overall it is the same. You can't change society with poetry.
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Did the gods once mingle with humankind, or is Homer a visionary madman, or, what is worse, a mere poet, a maker-up of beautiful falsities, an elegant liar? I shall grapple with that perplexity, only to emerge as I went in, in a cloud of unknowing, if perhaps a little the wiser.
