Advantage Quote by Susan Howatch

“The great advantage of telling the truth is that one is so much more likely to sound convincing” quote by Susan Howatch — Download Open image

“The great advantage of telling the truth is that one is so much more likely to sound convincing”

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It was tremendously exciting to discover that science was not destroying religion, as people popularly believe, but that it could cast light on theism…

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“Think of me as the porter . . . and consider the possiblity that life might be less exhausting if you unloaded some of…

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I can't complain about the way I've been marketed because it's been so successful.

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“One wonders what would happen in a society where there were no rules to break. Doubtlessly everyone would quickly die of boredom.”

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if you pursue the truth far enough you always wind up in the land of paradox. You reach a point where the apparent truth…

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...lonely, very lonely to have a past no one else can share.

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“No race on earth is as clever at being strangers as the British. They wrap themselves in formality, they withdraw behind veil after veil…

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If you are a Christian, you want to give as much as you can away. It sounds pious, but it's not a duty; it's…

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“No demon can withstand the power of Christ,” said my father, repeating the words he had used long ago, and what he meant was…

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“The gifts of the Spirit can be recognized by their fruits.”

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“don’t play bridge but I’m going to learn. The”

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“The organist was almost at the end of the anthem’s long introduction, and as the crescendo increases the cathedral began to glitter before my eyes until I felt as if every stone in the building was vibrating in anticipation of the sweeping sword of sound from the Choir. The note exploded in our midst, and at that moment I knew…

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I was born with a silver microphone in my mouth, and that was an advantage. My father wrote books and was also a great…

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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.

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Daily contact with some teachers is itself all-sided ethical education for the child without a spoken precept. Here, too, the real advantage of male over female teachers,especially for boys, is seen in their superior physical strength,which often, if highly estimated, gives real dignity and commands real respect, and especially in the unquestionably greater uniformity of their moods and their discipline.

G. Stanley Hall