Adoniram Judson Quotes
My views of the missionary object are, indeed, different from what they were when I was first set on fire by Buchanan's 'Star in the East' six years ago. But it does not always happen that a closer acquaintance with an object diminishes our attachment and preference.
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As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.
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My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot.
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We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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I grew up in the projects and I know how important it is for kids to have hope.
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I always wanted kids I could take to work, and for them to experience the things I experience. So, having three boys as a footballer was a dream.
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It was like I was Hannah Montana! I was a normal girl from Pittsburgh one minute and then a pop star the next!
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Many of the master chefs in the South, both the upper South as well as the deep South, were blacks and many of those people came here to Washington, D.C., and opened up establishments. Very, very few of them have survived. But they certainly were very prominent.
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My views of the missionary object are, indeed, different from what they were when I was first set on fire by Buchanan's 'Star in the East' six years ago. But it does not always happen that a closer acquaintance with an object diminishes our attachment and preference.
