Bede Griffiths Quotes
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Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
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The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
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Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
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Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's.
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I don't think you should exploit your own pain.
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The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
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I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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I've traveled all over the country for years speaking in churches, teaching the Ten Commandments. It's amazing if 2 percent of any congregation knows the Ten Commandments.
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A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
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I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.
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I sing in many different colors and, hopefully, they add up to a great performance that, after you leave the theater, makes you feel like I've really shared something of myself.
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It always feels good to put something you're proud of out in the world.
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My relationship with everyone in Jamaica is good.
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Give us more and more of real Christianity, and we shall need less of its evidences. Act upon the supposition that Christ is a Divine Teacher, and you will soon have a demonstration of its truth.
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De poetas no digo: buen siglo es éste. Muchos están en ciernes para el año que viene; pero ninguno hay tan malo como Cervantes ni tan necio que alabe a don Quijote.
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People are hysterical about the death of newspapers, and I would say, 'They're not dying; they're just kind of reinventing themselves.'
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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
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I had made myself the center of my own existence and had my back turned to God.
