Charles de Lint Quotes
It's not the work or the personality of the founder of a religion that's important, but what its followers do with what they learn...
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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I've bought some Lanvin snake-print wedges, so maybe you'll see me pushing the pram in those and my hotpants!
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
Olusegun Obasanjo
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states.
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I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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I'd love to meet the right girl and have a family. I'm very broody.
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Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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I have always said, '40 is the new 20,' and I truly believe that, but it for sure takes a lot of hard work, education, and discipline to keep it all together as we make our way to 50 and beyond.
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Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.
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Put your idol worship on firemen or a schoolteacher or a rescue worker or a first-aid worker or Doctors Without Borders. I love those guys. Those are your heroes.
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As a writer, I find that a good way of evolving a character is through an examination of his or her defining relationships - and what's more defining than a relationship with someone you love?
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It's not the work or the personality of the founder of a religion that's important, but what its followers do with what they learn...
