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Saint Teresa of Avila Quotes

It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the greater will be our progress, and the more real our humility.

Saint Teresa of Avila

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: saint
Nationality: spanish
Birth: March 28, 1515 - October 4, 1582

Topics

Truth Time Progress Humility Poverty

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Joe Mantello

Work I Am People Work Hard Hard Am

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Matt Passmore

Change Light Water Fish Down Out

The opposite of speculation is to be present to the world simply as it is.

Jeff Kober

World Present Opposite Speculation

First, you do a piece of material that begins and ends and has a flow; it's not chopped up as in a film, where in an extreme case you might be doing the last scene of the script the first day that you go to work, and you don't know enough about the character you're playing.

Jean Stapleton

Work Character Day Doing Enough You

When I'm dressed up, I feel confident - no one can't tell me anything.

Stefflon Don

Me Confident Feel Dressed Anything

The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth.

Stendhal

Present Earth Race Events Charming

I'm just like a photographer or a director. Of course I have an opinion, but I don't think my opinion, or what I want to say... is so obvious 'cause that's not my job. My job is just to give a point of view, not more than that.

Stromae

Job Opinion Think View Point Of View

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Quality Brainy Matters Quantity Than

It's fun to play a character who lives on the edge, who is an ethical and moral mess, and is paying the price for some of his actions.

Josh Charles

Character Fun Edge Price Play Moral

Yes, President Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, but a hundred years later, the Republican Party wasn't Lincoln's. Richard Nixon became president by courting Americans upset by integration, intentionally fueling the racial divide.

Donna Brazile

Party Upset President Republican Yes

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.

Anne Spencer

Beautiful Beach Shells Cannot

I used to go to some Harvard parties with my athlete friends, and they would introduce me as 'Winona, the Indian activist.' It made me uncomfortable. I felt like a novelty.

Winona LaDuke

Me Friends Uncomfortable Go Athlete