Anthony de Mello Quotes
Whatever is truly alive must die. Look at the flowers; only plastic flowers never die.
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When you get older, you have to stay a bit rock n' roll so that young people will still be interested in you. The way you move, the way you talk, maybe the way you have your hair in your face a little bit - this keeps you interesting.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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Practicing medicine is not only my vocation, it gives me an opportunity to continue to be in direct contact with people, to see them and hear their needs.
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He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
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I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.
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The role of Premier is not one that should be taken lightly, nor is it a personal trophy.
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Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus, which we have in mind, and bring their families and would have the possibility to defect after they would be ready to speak their mind, well I hope so.
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Few revolutions succeed, and when they do, you often discover they did not gain what you hoped for, and you condemn yourself to perpetual fear, as the parties you defeated may always regain power and work for your ruin.
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My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
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The score never interested me, only the game.
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I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me.
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Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
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Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
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Before all this happened, I always used to see my stammer as being a negative, all my life, but then when I went on 'Pop Idol,' and the first time I saw it on television, it was really, really bad, but also it made me stand out; it made people remember me. So for the first time in my life, it worked to my advantage.
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To love one's neighbor is a tough command. It works better for people who live far away.
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The great thing that strikes you on looking back is how quickly you have come-how very brief is the span of life on this earth. The warning that one would give, therefore, is that it is well not to fritter it away on things that don't count in the end; nor on the other hand is it good to take life too seriously as some seem to do. Make it a happy life while you have it. That is where success is possible to every man.
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My only regret in the theater is that I could never sit out front and watch me.
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To have accomplished nothing and to die overworked.
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Whatever is truly alive must die. Look at the flowers; only plastic flowers never die.
