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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a…
— J. J. Abrams
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Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating,…
— Karen Armstrong
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Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He…
— Karen Armstrong
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The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ.
— Karen Armstrong
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When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made - at least…
— J. J. Abrams
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Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.
— Lance Armstrong
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Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a…
— Matthew Arnold
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As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it.
— Darren Aronofsky
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When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact,…
— Antonin Artaud
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So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate…
— Antonin Artaud
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Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
— Mary Kay Ash
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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one…
— Isaac Asimov
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel…
— Bashar al-Assad
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We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it - which is…
— Julian Assange
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We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material is not likely…
— Julian Assange
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If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet…
— Francis of Assisi
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That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.
— Mary Astell
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Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those…
— Mary Astell
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Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.
— Nancy Astor
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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do…
— Chinua Achebe
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