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At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and… — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share Image
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Popular piety is one of our strengths because it consists of prayers deeply rooted in people's hearts. These prayers even move the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The use of the term art medium is, to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work… — Edward Steichen Copy Share Image
It is true that we need a consensus to go forward with restoring passenger rail in America, and often a consensus is… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
You can see a lot about our mission on our website, but the basic idea is that the church believes that understanding… — Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo Copy Share Image
[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
I claim no right to myself, no right to this understanding, this will, these affections that are in me. Neither do I… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
I'd proven to the world that maturity, experience, dedication, and ingenuity can make up for a little senescence. Muscle tightening is not… — Dara Torres Copy Share Image
I think about material that could work in the novel or story as I'm writing. I see if I can get there… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Here's the problem with Ozempic shaming: Nobody's admitting to being on Ozempic because of it, because it's embarrassing, right? If you don't… — Terry Dubrow Copy Share Image
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I'm appalled that the word 'feminism' has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
Well, my wife always says to me, and I think it's true, it's very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
This is what I call understanding. If you understand, insecurity is an intrinsic part of life - and good that it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Without my attempts in natural science, I should never have learned to know mankind such as it is. In nothing else can… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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The asking and the answering which history provides may help us to understand, even to frame, the logic of experience to which… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
By banning psychedelic research we have not only given up the study of an interesting drug or group of substances, but also… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
I have done here on earth that was necessary to be done, no matter what my expression or application and now I… — Timothy Treadwell Copy Share Image
[Melinda Gates] is a lot of fun to work with. There's some of the people skills that she's better at and cares… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I have find that today's students are often more tolerant of human variance than students in earlier generations might have been. On… — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
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Pause and remember - You alone are responsible for taking an interest in your own growth. Understanding your deepest fears and pain… — Jennifer Young Copy Share Image
Filming in Africa touched something really deep inside of me, really. It changed my matrix, my insides. My blood even feels kinda… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
A religion made up solely of heightened religious experiences would not be a religion at all. ...The major religious traditions address the… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
If educators were really understanding of that, they'd say, "You know what? Forget about bilingual, we're going to do multilingual education." So… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
If you think you're going to have an eternity in which you can talk to Mozart and Chopin and Schopenhauer on a… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
One word that seems to connect both leaders and employees is: 'outcomes.' Built into that word is the implicit and explicit understanding… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
There's such a grace and understanding in the female persona when women have really come into their own. Part of that is… — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
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![“[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the truth.No, they do not. They are afraid, that is all. And they must remain on earth until they come to the way of leaving it.And how do they leave? How is…” quote by Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/iain-pears-9652_absurd_men-prefer-the-foolish-belief-and-the-pa_2814739.png)
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