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- We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are,…
- When we make ourselves vulnerable, we do open ourselves to pain, sometimes excruciating pain. The more people we love, the more we are liable to…
- Art should communicate with as many people as possible.
- When we are writing, or painting, or composing, we are, during the time of creativity, freed from normal restrictions, and are opened to a wider…
- If we all knew each morning that there was going to be another morning, and on and on and on, we's tend not to notice…
- It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually don't believe in…
- Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance…
- If we commit ourselves to one person for life, this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather, it demands the courage…
- It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning before breakfast, for we are called…
- That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better.
- Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts,…
- People become trustworthy when they are trusted.
- George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God…
- As Emmanuel, Cardinal Suhard says, "To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda, nor even in stirring people up, but in being…
- I think your mythology would call them fallen angels. War and hate are their business, and one of their chief weapons is un-Naming - making…
- Meg, when people don't know who they are, they are open either to being Xed, or Named
- Meg, don't you think you'd make a better adjustment to life if you faced facts?" I do face facts," Meg said. They're lots easier to…
- Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do. I've never had a feeling in my life. As a matter of fact, I matter only…
- The truth is that I hate to think about other people reading my books," Miranda said. "It's like watching someone go through the box of…
- It's a very American trait, this wanting people to think well of us. It's a young want, and I am ashamed of it in myself.…
- It's a strange thing, how you can love somebody, how you can be all eaten up inside with needing them--and they simply don't need you.…
- People are more than just the way they look.
- Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about," Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them?
- In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had certain characters behave…
- Growing up is a process that never ends. It isn't a point you attain so you can say, Hooray, I'm grown up. Some people never…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle