Blaise Pascal Quotes
It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the most effective tools in Brazil's efforts to eradicate slavery is a register compiled by the government that lists individuals and businesses found using slave labor. Those on the 'dirty list,' as the register is known, are fined and remain on it for a minimum of two years during which they cannot access public funds.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
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Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.
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When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
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Indeed, our British friends have decided to leave us - which is very sad for all of us - but life goes on, and the European Union as well goes on.
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I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.
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Sometimes when you finish a book, you don't know quite what you've got.
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Maybe it is the media that has us divided.
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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.
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I like to play dress up, I'm in love with fashion.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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One person goes off and works in Houston the other person goes off to London and you're on the phone to each other and somebody is paying you to kiss somebody else. It's very bizarre being an actor.
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I never expected my writing to become as popular as it did.
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Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.
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I love to fly so much.
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I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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I think anyone who gets the Nobel Prize has to be a little bit embarrassed to be picked out when there have been so many people who have contributed.
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'Night of the Living Dead,' then 'Dawn of the Dead' is a few weeks later, 'Day of the Dead' months later, and 'Land of the Dead' is three years later. Each one spoke about a different decade and was stylistically different.
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In my view, the Catholic Church as a community of faith will be preserved, but only if it abandons the Roman system of rule. We managed to get by without this absolutist system for 1,000 years. The problems began in the 11th century, when the popes asserted their claim to absolute control over the Church.
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It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.
