April Gornik Quotes
The measure of and self-congratulation for our own intelligence should have its basis in our moral behavior as well as our smarts.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not any more moral than my neighbors.
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Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
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Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.
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The thing about 'Dark Knight' is its objective is to set Batman into your world, so that you can imagine the moral dilemmas he faces are exactly parallel to moral dilemmas that you would face in this world, today, if you were out there fighting crime dressed like a bat.
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Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.
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Leadership means setting a moral tone.
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Folklore has a moral center to it. Folklore is always, always, always on the side of the underdog, and children have a natural instinct towards justice. They feel indignation at needless cruelty and wistfulness about acts of mercy and kindness.
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Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techniques does not require moral people to abandon their beliefs. Rather, it is precisely during these difficult times that one's beliefs about life, justice and mercy become indispensible.
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This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.
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Arab civilizations had been of an abstract nature, moral and intellectual rather than applied; and their lack of public spirit made their excellent private qualities futile. They were fortunate in their epoch: Europe had fallen barbarous; and the memory of Greek and Latin learning was fading from men's minds.
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Heartbreak is hard, but you find more and more things to be grateful for every day.
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Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun of being different characters is adapting different nuances and different parts of the character, but never jeopardize your moral compass or anything like that to have a role.
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Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.
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In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.
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I think if we wish to live in any kind of a moral universe, we must hold the perpetrators of violence responsible for the violence they perpetrate. It's very simple. The criminal is responsible for the crime.
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I like to believe that I've got a lot of guardian warriors sittin' on my shoulder including my dad.
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We put in the same amount of time, effort, and we do the same amount of work requirements. We feel like that should be equal, and we should get the same amount of money as the men.
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There was never a finer character - charitable and friendly to his foes and ever willing to help a youngster breaking in.
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I have no trouble sleeping.
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The sour quality is set opposite to the bitter and the sweet, and is a good temper to all, a refreshing and cooling when the bitter and the sweet qualities are too much elevated or too preponderant.
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The measure of and self-congratulation for our own intelligence should have its basis in our moral behavior as well as our smarts.
