Blaise Pascal Quotes
It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.
Quotes to Explore
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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You're human; you make mistakes. You have to put all the things in the past.
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X Out is perfect for my schedule. It is so simple, fast and actually works. I am more confident in my own skin and always camera ready - a necessity in my line of work.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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Our way is straight and clear - the building up of a socialist democracy at home, with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations abroad.
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I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.
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I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.
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In neurotics, worm phobias are usually found as well as snake phobias.
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I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.
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There was a lot of hype about social media in President Obama's first campaign. It was important, but it wasn't as important as I think people let on.
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I'm addicted to making music, but I don't want to do it forever. I just want a farm. Farms make you happy.
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I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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I always wanted to be with a woman who has the same mindset and wants to look after me like my mum.
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Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
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I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.
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The idea of making pictures abroad is exciting when you're in Hollywood and have never worked in foreign countries. You think you'll get to see the sights and have all the fun that goes with traveling. Actually, you spend so much time on the job that you don't do much else.
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Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges.
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I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bright.
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As I search the archives of my memory I seem to discern six types or methods [of judicial writing] which divide themselves from one another with measurable distinctness. There is the type magisterial or imperative; the type laconic or sententious; the type conversational or homely; the type refined or artificial, smelling of the lamp, verging at times upon preciosity or euphuism; the demonstrative or persuasive; and finally the type tonsorial or agglutinative, so called from the shears and the pastepot which are its implements and emblem.
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It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.
