"Life would be no better than candlelight tinsel and daylight rubbish if our spirits were not touched by what has been."

-- George Eliot

#Past Quotes #Daylight Quotes #Rubbish Quotes

“I was 23 years old. It was a wild time. I was covering everything that blew up - blackouts, Studio 54, son of Sam killer, and all of that stuff.”
“The second request of the very pure soul is to see the coming of the Father's kingdom (cf. Mt. 6:10). What this means first of all is that each day Christ should reign among holy men. And this happens when the devil's power has been driven out of our hearts through the expulsion of sinful foulness and when God has begun to reign within us amid the good odors of virtue. With fornication vanquished, chastity rules; with anger overcome, peace is king; with pride under foot, humility is sovereign.”
“Jill, we became parents so we could tell our kids what to do. Otherwise we're just the tallest people living here.”
“I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I've been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won't be bulky.”
“Chiropractic works in harmony with the basic healing forces of the body, whereas the allopathic, western medical establishment doesn't have nearly as holistic a vision.”
“The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.”

Source : "Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws". A letter to Catherine the Great, 1774.
“If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.”
“You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that.”

Source : "Interview: 'The Blind Side' Director John Lee Hancock". Interview with Michelle A. Vu, www.christianpost.com. March 19, 2010.

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