Eugene Kennedy Quotes

The mystery of being human and, certainly, of being a Catholic lies in our embracing together the imperfect state known as the human condition. First and foremost, if we could ever be perfect or do things perfectly, we would eliminate mystery, an essential ingredient in the good life and the spiritual life.

Eugene Kennedy

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I've probably tried every fad diet in the world.

Jenna Ushkowitz

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I always thought I was more of a mommy's boy, because she was charming, talkative, a great storyteller. But as I dug back into my past, I realized I am exactly like my father on so many levels, although I never thought I inherited anything from him.

Robert Lepage

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I don't do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I'm proud to be a troublemaker.

Sinead O'Connor

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Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep.

Mitch Albom

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If a country is suspected of going nuclear, you need to understand why. Why does it feel insecure?

Mohamed ElBaradei

FeelYouCountryWhyUnderstand

Magic is what it is, and those who work it can be male or female; it doesn't matter. What matters is power.

Judith Tarr

WorkPowerMagicMatterMattersWho

My husband and I have a deal, which has worked out well: He cooks one Sunday, I cook the next. The kids set the table, and we eat in the dining room together, just as I used to do as a kid.

Christa Miller

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You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.

Brent Scowcroft

PeopleThinkYouKnowReactLittle

All I ever wanted to do was play football. I was never one for revising, and I only left school with three O Levels.

Bradley Walsh

FootballSchoolPlayThreeNever

The Bible is big in my teaching. It's a wonder the ACLU didn't get after me pretty good. I really kept thinking they would. I took my boys to church. I took my football team to church. I only did it two times a year. Before I signed a kid, I'd write the parents and I'd tell that parent we were gong to take your son to church twice.

Bobby Bowden

GoodSonFootballParentsMeTeam

In many ways I'm an experimental and new music composer that comes from a rural tradition rather than an urban one.

Sxip Shirey

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Consider: Life arose on Earth close to four billion years ago. Four billion years of slithering, swimming, and soaring life forms. But only in the last 200 thousand years has a species arisen that can fathom the laws of nature and build hardware able to signal its presence.

Seth Shostak

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