Athanasius Quotes

Anyone who wants to look at sunlight naturally wipes his eye clear first, in order to make, at any rate, some approximation to the purity of that on which he looks; and a person wishing to see a city or country goes to the place in order to do so.

Athanasius

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: saint
  • Nationality: roman
  • Birth: 296 - 373

Topics

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History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

Johan Huizinga

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I think I'm comedy-attractive, but it's never gonna be me and Charlize Theron up there.

Jennifer Coolidge

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Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions.

John Yoo

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Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or the image of their past oppressor. This is very much the case between Jew and Arab: It's a conflict between two victims.

Amos Oz

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No one's body is up for comment. No matter how small, how curvy, how round, how flat. If you love you, then I love you.

Shonda Rhimes

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Especially after the Twin Towers, we're so terrified of 'Arabic' people. And talk about stereotypical negative portrayals of people of certain groups, if you look at the portrayal of Arabic people in Hollywood films, it's just appalling. They've always been just the easiest of targets - along with native Africans and what have you.

Jonathan Demme

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Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.

Don Marquis

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In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

Denzel Washington

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The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless assaults on Israel, even as the surrounding Arab powers distract the Arab masses with the red herring of Israel while retarding their countries with their repression and corruption.

Conrad Black

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I don't find myself interesting as a person and the details I find boring, quite frankly. You could sum it up in a few words or sentences really: came from nothing. Self-educated. Luck. Energy. Curiosity. Ambition. That's it. Nothing at all can illuminate the work as far as I can tell.

Peter Ackroyd

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The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.

Paul Theroux

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I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.

Tim Robbins

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