Angelus Silesius Quotes
The nearest way to God Leads through love's open door; The path of knowledge is Too slow for evermore
Quotes to Explore
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When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
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My vision of the border with Mexico is that a truck from the United States going into Mexico and a truck coming from Mexico into the United States will pass each other at the border going 60 miles an hour. Yes, we should have open borders.
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A lot of comedians do bits where they say, 'I was listening to this song, and this person said this, and you know how they say that?' And I thought it would work better if I actually had a DJ put that song lyric right there. It makes it more dynamic, and it's more energetic.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!
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The difference between the Bush I war against Iraq and the Bush II war against Iraq is that in the first one, we appealed to the sentiments and interests of the different groupings in the region and had them with us. In the second one, we did it on our own, on the basis of false premises, with extremely brutality and lack of political skill.
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
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The world is my workshop. It is not my home.
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The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.
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I have had a lot of good things happen, but I've also had a lot of terrible things happen.
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My family are my friends.
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Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.
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Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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For me, it's really day to day. I don't really plan ahead and I like to be excited about what I'm wearing. Being on the road all the time, it's various articles of clothing that keep me inspired and feeling good. A fun or beautiful thing to wear can change your day. I think spontaneity and not adhering to any narrow styles keep me happy.
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You don't inherit cancer; you actually get it.
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Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails.
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It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.
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The good man … has learnt to set at naught the injunctions laid upon him by those most lawless rulers of the soul, inspired as he is by his ardent yearning for the freedom whose peculiar heritage it is that it obeys no orders and works no will but its own.
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When my father came over here penniless with $100 sewn into his underwear, thank God some well-meaning liberal didn't come put his arm around him and say, 'Let me take care of you.'
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As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.
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The noble lord in this case, as in so many others, first destroys his opponent, and then destroys his own position afterwards. The noble lord is the Prince Rupert of parliamentary discussion: his charge is resistless, but when he returns from the pursuit he always finds his camp in the possession of the enemy.
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The nearest way to God Leads through love's open door; The path of knowledge is Too slow for evermore
