Alphonsus Liguori Quotes
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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.
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It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.
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Ugh - I wish I could just sit back and watch TV sometimes.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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Religion is induced insanity.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple.
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In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
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The imperial province should have a university, the prefectures should have colleges, and the counties should have day schools.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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There is no truly global justice.
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I guess I'm a bit of a romantic.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
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When I did some Nascar races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock.
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I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, how animals run. But there is the Dragon. I cannot tell how it mounts on the winds through the clouds and flies through heaven. Today I have seen the Dragon.
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People are at their happiest if they are true to themselves. I think that applies to their chosen profession, friends and relationships. It goes for your health too. If you are true to yourself, it seems to me everything should work out pretty well.
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True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding.
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A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.
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A true servant of Mary cannot be lost.