"Contemplation does not ignore the 'historical Gethsemane', does not ignore the mystery of evil, guilt and its bloody atonement. The happiness of contemplation is a true happiness, indeed the supreme happiness; but it is founded upon sorrow."

-- Josef Pieper

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“The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold.”
“We hold that no person or set of persons can properly establish a standard of expression for others.”

Source : Platform, Independent League; "New York Journal-American" Newspaper, February 1, 1924.
“If you've attended the Cordon Bleu, you would know that no woman is supposed to be a chef - only men.”
“I come from a privileged background but I worked a lot of winter seasons in the Alps and I've done lots of mundane summer jobs back in Britain where I mixed with less well off people. Maybe it comes from there but I've always felt that it's our duty to make society fairer.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“When you are writing a song for something else, if you are doing something for money, I always think that's bad luck.”

Source : "I’m a Christian, but I Enjoyed The Unbelievers" by Mike Lehmann, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 23, 2014.
“Brain against brute force - and brain came out on the top - as its bound to do.”
“To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.”
“With rising incomes, the share of expenditures for food products declines. The resulting shift in expenditures affects demand patterns and employment structures.”

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