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Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
— Honore de Balzac
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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than…
— Honore de Balzac
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Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.
— Honore de Balzac
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If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former…
— Honore de Balzac
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We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming…
— Afrika Bambaataa
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I've never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it in some kind of order…
— Toni Cade Bambara
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I always find that 90% of the performance, for me, is about what comes from inside.
— Eric Bana
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The Israeli accent wasn't one that I was overly familiar with so had to learn from scratch but I was very fortunate I had the…
— Eric Bana
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My background was producing and writing and performing in television when I started out, and I really missed that, that whole creative process that comes…
— Eric Bana
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When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I was lucky to be under…
— Joyce Banda
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to…
— Douglas Adams
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I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just…
— Antonio Banderas
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Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring…
— Antonio Banderas
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Whatever happens in my life from now on, I know the day I finally die - the final act of my script - people will…
— Antonio Banderas
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I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work for him in his business.
— Ernie Banks
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I deliberately keep myself apart from a lot of stuff; I don't Tweet, I don't do Facebook, I don't blog, and that's largely because I…
— Iain Banks
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I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven.
— Iain Banks
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