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Sport, properly directed, develops character, makes a man courageous, a generous loser, and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
I am singing in an operatic voice for the public, to bring something more to Rock and Roll. Because in a Rock… — Klaus Nomi Copy Share Image
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We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Different moralities must share some general features if they are to perform their functions of coordinating beings having particular kinds of motivations.… — David Wong Copy Share Image
I believe that during the intervention of NATO in Kosovo there is an element nobody can question: the air attacks, the bombs,… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
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Invariably will you find perseverance exemplified as the radical principle in every truly great character. It facilitates, perfects, and consolidates the execution… — Elias Lyman Magoon Copy Share Image
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I play Father Francis in 'The Exorcist Prequel.' It's fantastic. We are shooting in Morrocco and Rome. Paul Schrader is directing; Stellan… — Gabriel Mann Copy Share Image
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I just really enjoyed all that kind of responsibility, I loved the fact that many people cared. I was doing 4 hours… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
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The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
The test of a round character is whether it is capable of surprising in a convincing way. If it never surprises it… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
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Australia is one of the few places that I can think of where the cities, at least those I've been to, seem… — Michael Bierut Copy Share Image
Those traumas when it comes to the historical past generation to generation; our children, our grandchildren, our future grandchildren learn these behaviors.… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
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Speak not of guilt, speak not of responsibility. When the Regiment of the Senses parades by, with music, and with banners; when… — C.P. Cavafy Copy Share Image
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