"...the need to overawe people and demand obedience from them is powerful and seductive. It is a part of that world that the kingdom of heaven is not of."

-- Bede Griffiths

#Spiritual Quotes #Powerful Quotes #People Quotes

“A talented executive would be somebody who knows how to surround themselves with a lot of people that will make him look good. You could say that about a politician or you could say that about a head of a major corporation or what have you. The people you surround yourself with are very important.”
“...there was some kind of connection between the capacity to love and the capacity to love *running*. The engineering was certainly the same: both depended on loosening your grip on your own desires, putting aside what you wanted and appreciating what you've got, being patient and forgiving and... undemanding...maybe we shouldn't be surprised that getting better at one could make you better at the other.”
“As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“That's it baby, if you've got it, flaunt it.”
“Conservatives say if you don't give the rich more money, they will lose their incentive to invest. As for the poor, they tell us they've lost all incentive because we've given them too much money.”
“Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes.”
“The priests are debarred from female society, nor is any woman permitted to enter the religious houses.”
“C++ is a ridiculously complicated travesty that few have the excess IQ points to understand enough not to screw up massively.”

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