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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Good ideas are a dime a dozen. What counts is completion. Look at your life and all the half finished projects sitting on your shelf. Commit to taking on one of these ideas and finishing what you started.
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Decide how much you want to be earning one year, five years and ten years from today. What will you have to do to achieve these amounts.
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There is a certain manner of self-absorption in speaking that always renders the speaker disagreeable. For it is as great a folly to listen only to ourselves while we are carrying on a conversation with others as it is to talk to ourselves while we are alone.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
