Saint Teresa of Avila Quotes
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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We see today that there is a growing understanding in the international community that the extremist regime in Tehran is not just Israel's problem, but rather an issue that the entire international community must grapple with.
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I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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I tell my daughter Nyssa, 'You should respect my work, and I will also respect yours when you grow up.' 'Work is worship' is what I have told her.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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I am not into marriage. You look at all the marriages breaking down and all the people cheating on their marriages, and you become cynical. Marriage is nothing but a label.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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The demand that school finances be transferred away from local school districts to the state and/or federal government has been a long-time favorite of the educationist lobbies.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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I do think that the success, although still not complete... in the recognition of equal rights... to all Americans, regardless of color, creed and so forth, was also one of the best stories we've had to report.
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I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.
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If you are a writer or any kind of artist, if you change something as fundamental as where you live - the way you live - then I think you change the very instrument that is trying to make the art.
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I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
