Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.
Quotes to Explore
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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Conformity is dangerous.
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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You can wear anything as long as you put a nice pair of shoes with it.
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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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I have a Stella McCartney Adidas sports bra. I feel like I'm totally comfortable running. No problem. I have support where I need it.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
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It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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I do interval training, high intensity dance, and yoga. I do run a lot, but more for speed.
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I have the strange ability to shut things out.
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
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Do we exert our own liberties without injury to others - we exert them justly; do we exert them at the expense of others - unjustly. And, in thus doing, we step from the sure platform of liberty upon the uncertain threshold of tyranny.
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If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
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It was so strange. I knew that Josephine Baker had performed on the same stage but that night I felt it. Many of the same people who worked with Josephine Baker are still here. They know what they're doing. And that was a very comfortable feeling.
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Why it is that of all the billions and billions of strange objects in the Cosmos - novas, quasars, pulsars, black holes - you are beyond doubt the strangest?
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I never outline my novels before I write. I do have a vague sense of beginning, middle, and end at the outset of each book, but for me, writing has always been a very character-driven process.
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When you have children love is always there in the best form.
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The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me.
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Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.
