"It's a little bit about being a global citizen, with all the United Nations positive umph that there is with that phrase - it's about being a positive do-gooder. But it's also: how can I participate in globalization in a really clear way? Like: don't leave the house unless you can bring something worthy into the world. And so Nicaragua changed the way that I want to do things."

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Anne Elizabeth Moore

#House Quotes #Nicaragua Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“It is alleged by men of loose principles, or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications for political stations. But the Scriptures teach a different doctrine. They direct that rulers should be men who rule in the fear of God, able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness. But if we had no divine instruction on the subject, our own interest would demand of us a strict observance of the principle of these injunctions. . . .”
“I’ve always tried to find God in lots of different things, whether that’s been drugs, women, etc, etc… But all those things are tangible and they exist and you can see them and you can feel them. Music doesn’t exist, physically. Yet is commands ever facet of my personality and it has the power to command people how to feel on a physical level, uncontrollably. And I find that so fascinating.”
“I don't think it's good to constantly talk about your own weight and the fact that you look fat in jeans.”
“Perhaps these Ten Commandments cases will be the turning point in the legal war against religion.”
“A society that is in its higher circles and middle levels widely believed to be a network of smart rackets does not produce men with an inner moral sense; a society that is merely expedient does not produce men of conscience. A society that narrows the meaning of 'success' to the big money and in its terms condemns failure as the chief vice, raising money to the plane of absolute value, will produce the sharp operator and the shady deal. Blessed are the cynical, for only they have what it takes to succeed.”
“So how do we solve this ancient problem? How can we not just tolerate someone who believes differently than we do, but actually respect them for those beliefs? Because nothing less than that will do. It canÂ’t. Simply tolerating someone who believes differently than we do isnÂ’t enough. Â“AcceptingÂ” them isnÂ’t enough. Having true and abiding peace with them means loving them. And that means respecting them. Because love without respect isnÂ’t real love at all. ItÂ’s at best condescending patronization.”
“Life can take so many twists and turns. You canâ€™t ever count yourself out. Even if youâ€™re really afraid at some point, you canâ€™t think that thereâ€™s no room for you to grow and do something good with your life.”
“Identify the thing that is going to stop you and then stop it.”

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