"I became a Catholic against my will."

-- Shusaku Endo

#Catholic Quotes

“It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.”
“I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money.”

Source : "Anderson Cooper 360°", transcripts.cnn.com. January 5, 2012.
“When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It's not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It's up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside.”
“The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence.”

Source : Charles Sturt (1834). “Two expeditions into the interior of southern Australia during ... 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831: with observations on New South Wales”, p.58
“Man is to be trained chiefly by studying and by knowing man.”
“Life for the Italians was what it was, no more and no less, an interlude between meals”
“Even to play a dead body; that'd be an easy gig.”
“I can't get into all that physical stuff of having to have flawless skin... Sometimes you see people and it looks like someone's got an eraser and made their face a little blurry - their traits seem to go out of focus.”

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