Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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And it seems to me in that experience may lie at least some of the clues for policy development perhaps constitutional changes as well that Labour will need to make at the national level too.
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We don't have a war on terror - that's a technique. We didn't have a war on blitzkriegs, and we didn't have a war on surprise attacks.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.
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I want to reach as many women throughout the world as I can.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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'Jurassic Park' has a lot of science in it - and a lot of it is wrong - but if it was all accurate, it would be a documentary.
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You can't be a victim and heal.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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The efficiency, credibility, and liquidity of the financial markets have been foundational to the largest economy in the world.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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My therapist would be so happy to know I'm doing all this walking. They've done a great job of putting me back together, haven't they?
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
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Writing is mysterious, and it's supposed to be...any path that gets you there is a good path in the end. But one true thing among all these paths is the need to tap a deep vein of connection between our own uncontrollable interior preoccupations and what we're most concerned about in the world around us. We write in response to that world; we write in response to what we read and learn; and in the end we write out of our deepest selves, the live, breathing, bleeding place where the picture forms, and where it all begins.
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I hope that other women can benefit from my experience. Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people’s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action... It is my hope that they, too, will be able to get gene tested, and that if they have a high risk they, too, will know that they have strong options. Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.
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I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.
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I have a lot of songs that I kind of put away, and I don't let anybody else hear them, and those are my songs.
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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
