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In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons, to swat an insect or speak an angry word, a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living Picture Quote #1

At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted Picture Quote #1

I know a discontented gentleman Whose humble means match not his haughty spirit: Gold were as good as twenty orators, and will, no doubt, tempt him to anything Picture Quote #1

Never durst poet touch a pen to write until his ink were temp'red with love's sighs; o, then his lines would ravish savage ears and plant in tyrants mild humility Picture Quote #1

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean. And we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect Picture Quote #1

I think that a relationship has to be based on honesty and communication. If you were 25, that would be adorable, but you're 32, so that's just stupid Picture Quote #1

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For a long time the people at my shows were sort of the Pantera - tattoo trucker guys, really cool dudes, but I don't know what happened to them. That's the crowd that I like, the ones that don't get so offended just to be offended Picture Quote #1

To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense Picture Quote #1

As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible Picture Quote #1

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution Picture Quote #1

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar Picture Quote #1

Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them Picture Quote #1

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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink Picture Quote #1

In the old days. It was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn't use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes Picture Quote #1

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release Picture Quote #1

You can lose a game but, I see guys every week including myself, you lose a game, it's a tough loss, you're down, two weeks later you forgot about it. You know it's amazing how down you were, but all of the sudden you're like it never happened Picture Quote #1

But there's a side to you that I never knew. All the things you'd say, they were never true. And the games you'd play, you'd always win Picture Quote #1

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies Picture Quote #1

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Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration Picture Quote #1

Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual Picture Quote #1

I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday Picture Quote #1

Are you really gay? Yes. Do you think you were born gay or became gay? Are you asking because you want to know if it's you fault? I suppose. To one degree or another, I'm sure it's you fault. Feel better now? Picture Quote #1

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place Picture Quote #1

The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were constituent members, each subject to all the rest, or to an authority which extended over all Picture Quote #1

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I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I won't do anything unless I'm told why I'm doing it. So I felt that we needed fuller explanations so that if you followed one of those recipes, it should turn out exactly right Picture Quote #1

Shelley, who in Prometheus Unbound had observed that the wise lack love and those who have love lack wisdom, went to his end in the Triumph of Life asking why good and the means of good were irreconcilable Picture Quote #1

With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. and that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that - there are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action to try to balance out those effects Picture Quote #1

And the entity laughed at those who were crippled in the arena and lo! That selfsame thing returns to you! Picture Quote #1

At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death Picture Quote #1

Look at Michelle Pfeiffer: My God, she's 50 years old, but she is still so sexy. If I were into women, I would be totally into her Picture Quote #1

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In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons, to swat an insect or speak an angry word, a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living (Were Quotes) At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted (Were Quotes) I know a discontented gentleman Whose humble means match not his haughty spirit: Gold were as good as twenty orators, and will, no doubt, tempt him to anything (Were Quotes) Never durst poet touch a pen to write until his ink were temp'red with love's sighs; o, then his lines would ravish savage ears and plant in tyrants mild humility (Were Quotes) We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean. And we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect (Were Quotes) I think that a relationship has to be based on honesty and communication. If you were 25, that would be adorable, but you're 32, so that's just stupid (Were Quotes) For a long time the people at my shows were sort of the Pantera - tattoo trucker guys, really cool dudes, but I don't know what happened to them. That's the crowd that I like, the ones that don't get so offended just to be offended (Were Quotes) To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense (Were Quotes) As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible (Were Quotes) I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution (Were Quotes) Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar (Were Quotes) Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them (Were Quotes) If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink (Were Quotes) In the old days. It was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn't use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes (Were Quotes) As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release (Were Quotes) You can lose a game but, I see guys every week including myself, you lose a game, it's a tough loss, you're down, two weeks later you forgot about it. You know it's amazing how down you were, but all of the sudden you're like it never happened (Were Quotes) But there's a side to you that I never knew. All the things you'd say, they were never true. And the games you'd play, you'd always win (Were Quotes) You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies (Were Quotes) Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration (Were Quotes) Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual (Were Quotes) I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday (Were Quotes) Are you really gay? Yes. Do you think you were born gay or became gay? Are you asking because you want to know if it's you fault? I suppose. To one degree or another, I'm sure it's you fault. Feel better now? (Were Quotes) Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place (Were Quotes) The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were constituent members, each subject to all the rest, or to an authority which extended over all (Were Quotes) I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I won't do anything unless I'm told why I'm doing it. So I felt that we needed fuller explanations so that if you followed one of those recipes, it should turn out exactly right (Were Quotes) Shelley, who in Prometheus Unbound had observed that the wise lack love and those who have love lack wisdom, went to his end in the Triumph of Life asking why good and the means of good were irreconcilable (Were Quotes) With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. and that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that - there are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action to try to balance out those effects (Were Quotes) And the entity laughed at those who were crippled in the arena and lo! That selfsame thing returns to you! (Were Quotes) At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death (Were Quotes) Look at Michelle Pfeiffer: My God, she's 50 years old, but she is still so sexy. If I were into women, I would be totally into her (Were Quotes)

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