Blaise Pascal Quotes
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The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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Is a family just the strict definition of a small and discrete unit, or is it about the larger organic group that inevitably grows up around the smaller one?
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A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared at, pitied, suspected, and shunned by everybody that meets him.
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I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.
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I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.
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My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.
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Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.
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When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
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There's only so much academic disruption that a young child can deal with before he just can't catch up.
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The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
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I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.
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Bubbles was a very good dancer. Tremendous dancer. He was one of our leading dancers of the country at that time. And, of course, he didn't have much of a voice.
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The law is cruel.
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I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same.
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There's never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death. But they understood that was part of life itself.
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I did 'Formula 51' because I got to run around Liverpool in a kilt, with golf clubs.
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Just because I work incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies doesn't mean I orchestrate the tragedies. Don't ever assume that my using something means I caused it or that I need it to accomplish my purposes. That will only lead you to false notions about me. Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.
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I'm someone who is quite uncomfortable if something is different. I like doing things I'm used to in everyday life. So, I always try to push myself outside of that when looking for roles, otherwise I would never do anything different.
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I John Hancock, . . . being advanced in years and being of perfect mind and memory-thanks be given to God-therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die [Hebrews 9:27], do make and ordain this my last will and testament...Principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it: and my body I recommend to the earth . . . nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mercy and power of God. . .
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My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid feeling.
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For nature is an image of Grace, and visible miracles are images of the invisible.
