Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

The prevailing mentality was that the Church must not be a Church of laws but, rather, a Church of love; she must not punish. Thus, the awareness that punishment can be an act of love ceased to exist. This led to an odd darkening of the mind, even in very good people.

Pope Benedict XVI

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LoveGoodPeopleMindChurchShe

Airbnb has proven that hospitality, generosity, and the simple act of trust between strangers can go a long way.

Joe Gebbia

TrustSimpleGenerosityHospitality

We don't need any more reality TV, women yelling at each other. I can't watch that stuff.

Andie MacDowell

WomenRealityMoreNeedReality TV

He's meant to be that classic Homer, Ulysses, Hercules - a character who goes out or has some gift of some kind. He goes on a journey of discovery and part of that is falling into darkness - the temptations of life.

Robert Redford

LifeCharacterJourneyDarknessGift

I'm searching, as we all are, for ways to feel good about myself. Certainly, looking in the mirror doesn't do it!

Ani DiFranco

GoodMirrorMyselfFeel GoodLooking

For me, I guess the general reason for using social media is that the connection I have with people who are interested in my music is extremely important to me. That connection is like the pillar in everything I do. I want to embrace that connection and make it stronger.

Steve Aoki

MusicSocial MediaPeopleMeMedia

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

Socrates

GoodMarriageWifeHappyYouBad

My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

Sidney Poitier

GoodFatherManGood ManFarmerShe

Who cannot appreciate the smell of bacon? It smells good, but I never want to grab a bite.

Tony Cardenas

GoodAppreciateWantSmellNever

'The Sopranos' gets praised as novelistic, but it follows the most banal of life patterns, showing the sheer tedium of being a mobster. It has dead spots, boring plotlines, weak episodes. Characters develop slowly, or don't. Like viewers, a gangster might get bored, fade out of the action, then come back to find none of his debts forgotten.

Rob Sheffield

LifeActionGangsterBackFindFade

When I was a little boy in Tijuana, it was wonderland. We left when I was probably four - I was dying of tuberculosis.

Luis Alberto Urrea

BoyDyingLittleLeftFour

I love a bit of glamour - who doesn't? - but I probably wouldn't be able to pull it off.

Julia Sawalha

LoveGlamourOffAblePullWho

It's probably incorrect to say that Islam is 'a religion of peace,' as some politicians like to say. Overstatements like that don't clarify anything.

Jay Parini

PeaceReligionSayIslamAnything

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