Bernard Beckett Quotes
I'm a school teacher, and later on, well past my formal education, I became very interested in science.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.
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I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it.
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Environmental agencies in China are hamstrung by local officials who put economic growth ahead of environmental protection; even the courts are beholden to local officials, and they are not open to environmental litigation.
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Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.
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Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
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The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.
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The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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There are varieties of Spanglish. There's Spanglish spoken by Cuban Americans in Miami called cubonics is different from Mexican American Spanglish, but thanks to the Internet, thanks to radio and television, thanks to what is happening in the classrooms, in the streets in the restaurants, we are finding a middle ground.
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We imbue deserts and the tundra with menace because nothing, or little, grows there.
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Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest. Maybe your chest is flabby or your hips or waist need toning. Also, you should change your program every thirty days. That's the key.
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When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours;.
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The fans sing my name around the world. When I meet fans, they ask, 'How are you? All good with your family?'
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I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.
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The key to wealth is not what we earn. It is in what is spent on us.
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There is no [...] higher than the truth.
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I didn't think there was life after modelling, believe me. It's a hit to the ego when you are not the diva on the set any more. But I think what keeps me going are challenges. I love when people tell me I can't do something.
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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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Usually, I cut songs by other people that are artists that I already love.
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We were going for simplicity with the Minions and, frankly, I think that's a huge appeal of the characters. They're essentially pills with goggles. A child can draw them quite easily.
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I'm a school teacher, and later on, well past my formal education, I became very interested in science.
