Doe Quotes
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A writer's life is so hazardous that anything he does is bad for him. Anything that happens to him is bad: failure's bad, success is bad; impoverishment is bad, money is very, very bad. Nothing good can happen... Except the act of writing.
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An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only expressed, not impressed, because it does not come from anywhere else.
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God does business with those who mean business.
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I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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If one does not like the crime, cruelty, injustice and violence of this society, he CAN do something about it.
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If we assume that man actually does resemble God, then we are forced into the impossible theory that God is a coward, an idiot and a bounder.
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Our own acts are isolated and one act does not buy absolution for another.
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He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with pistols. At poets, perhaps.
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America's the one country in the world where anybody who comes here does better than where they came from.
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It is doubtful that the government knows much more than the public does about how government [Economic] policies will work.
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Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.
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Ambition's monstrous stomach does increase By eating, and it fears to starve, unless It still may feed, and all it sees devour; Ambition is not tir'd with toll nor cloy'd with power.
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Death ... obliterates family resemblance as it does personality: there is no affinity between the living and the dead.
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I often heard the same question: What place does Russia reserve for itself in the world; how does it see itself; what is its place? We are a peace-loving state and we want to cooperate with all of our neighbors and with all of our partners.
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For the concept of a circuit of the blood does not destroy, but rather advances traditional medicine.
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I gravitate toward the larger worldview questions such as, Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? What does it mean to know another person? To love someone? Of course, those questions are sort of in the background as I'm playing with language in the foreground, but those are the informing questions.
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To eliminate the concept of waste means to design things-products, packaging, and systems-from the very beginning on the understanding that waste does not exist.
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God does not flunk any of His children. He just re-enrolls them.
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If Iran does not take steps in the near future to live up to its obligations, then the United States will not continue to negotiate indefinitely... Our patience is not unlimited.
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Directing the process by the mind can only lead to difficulty, for the mind does not know. Commitment to the Truth is sufficient for the process to unfold.
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The will of God is eternal because He does not begin to will what He did not will before, nor cease to will what He willed before.
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It's fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that's too hard, start with a two-year plan.
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I think we all [americans] think we're a special country. But the question is, what - what call does that give us?
