Blaise Pascal Quotes
Is it courage in a dying man to go, in weakness and in agony, to affront an almighty and eternal God?
Quotes to Explore
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The American Revolution as it actually unfolded was so troubling and strange that once the struggle was over, a generation did its best to remove all traces of the truth.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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I don't Twitter, although sometimes I think that I should.
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The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the energy of both women and men together. Our civilization is called human civilization and is not attributed only to men or women.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the Earth.
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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I remember when I first met Katherine Bigelow for 'Zero Dark Thirty' – actually, we met for another movie, and that never got made, and then she called me and invited me to 'Zero Dark Thirty'.
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The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.
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Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
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I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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I didn't get anything published until I was thirty-three, and yet I'd written five novels and six or seven plays. The plays, I should point out, were dreadful.
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God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world.
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The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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I want people to understand that there is a group of Christians out there who want to be more open and understanding and tolerant and loving of all kinds of people, even the people that don't believe in God at all.
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God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.
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That is why we fly from the inner void, since God might steal into it. It is not the pursuit of pleasure and the aversion for effort which causes sin, but fear of God. We know that we cannot see him face to face without dying, and we do not want to die.
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Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.
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I want to share with the American people that President Bush and the Republican majority in just 4 years have borrowed $1.05 trillion from foreign nations. That is selling our country to other nations because of the spending that is going on.
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Is it courage in a dying man to go, in weakness and in agony, to affront an almighty and eternal God?
