Alcuin Quotes
Men can be attracted but not forced to the faith. You may drive people to baptism, (but) you won't move them one step further in religion.
Quotes to Explore
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To create something new is both thrilling and excruciating at the same time. It's great to have all these choices in front of you, and to have the writers in the room so you know exactly what they meant. But the downside is you want so badly not to screw it up!
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
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I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.
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The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.
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I appreciate the 'Surreal Life.' I had a really positive experience on that show, and with those people. I found some love in my heart for religion again, and had the support of a new family of friends. I wouldn't have had the pleasure of meeting those people, if we were not all placed in that fishbowl.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Based on the Gaza precedent, Israel should not simply be expected to withdraw from territory and let it devolve into a state of anarchy. The West Bank is simply too close to Israel's major population centers and infrastructure to allow it to become another launching pad for rockets.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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As a result of the asthma I was sent to school in the country, and only visited Sydney for brief, violently asthmatic sojourns on my way to a house we owned in the Blue Mountains.
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I live in Hollywood, California. It's absolutely nothing like Absaroka County, Wyoming. For me, it's a great escape and I really enjoy it.
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My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.
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I am Afrikaans. It wasn't ever something that I thought about.
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I think tripe is maligned. It's wonderful stuff, but everyone goes 'urgh.' You have to wash and then cook it, very gently braise it, for eight hours. It uplifts you but steadies you at the same time.
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People want the United States Congress focused on creating jobs in this country.
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I think it is valuable and should be valued by its consumers. Charging for content forces discipline on journalists: they must produce things that people actually value.
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If a terrorist group wanted to hit Britain, all they'd have to do is kill 100 random celebrities. The country would have a nervous breakown.
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Men can be attracted but not forced to the faith. You may drive people to baptism, (but) you won't move them one step further in religion.
