Anthony de Mello Quotes
The Master was allergic to ideologies. 'In a war of ideas,' he said, 'it is people who are the casualties.' Later he elaborated: 'People kill for money or for power. But the most ruthless murderers are those who kill for their ideas.'
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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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Good comedy is ageless.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.
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My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.
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In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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As a co-writer of the Mumford's songs, I'm always quite insecure about the music - I find it hard to accept any praise or feedback.
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I have to detach myself completely from aspirations. I hardly ever listen to music anymore because it arouses all of this yearning in me.
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Catholic schools in our Nation's education have been paramount in teaching the values that we as parents seek to instill in our children.
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When I was on stage, I was like, 'This is alright. This is good.'
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Reason is a fine thing, but it is not the only thing available to a writer. It's just part of the arsenal of many things available to a storyteller. Revelation, for example.
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The Master was allergic to ideologies. 'In a war of ideas,' he said, 'it is people who are the casualties.' Later he elaborated: 'People kill for money or for power. But the most ruthless murderers are those who kill for their ideas.'
