"I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John's in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown."

-- Denis McDonough

#Teacher Quotes #Catholic Quotes #Minnesota Quotes

“Short form media is reductionist by nature.”
“It was not the brutality of what occurred next that changed my mind and brought home to me the full meaning of fear. It was the brilliance of it.”

Source : Elizabeth Kostova (2010). “The Historian”, p.85, Hachette UK
“When the people decide they want peace more than security, they will find both.”
“I never had any backlash from the model-turned-actor thing.”
“You better wake up before it's too late, or they'll be doing your makeup down at the coroner's place.”

Source : Song: No Respect
“I think we made huge positive changes and Thunder Bay is in a better place than it was four years ago.”
“You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress.”
“The simple person lives the way he breathes, with no more effort or glory, with no more affectation and without shame Simplicity is freedom, buoyancy, transparency. As simple as the air, as free as the air The simple person does not take himself too seriously or too tragicallyHe has nothing to prove, since he has no appearances to keep up, and nothing to seek, since everything is before him. What is more simple than simplicity? What is lighter? It is the virtue of wise men and the wisdom of saints.”

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