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“Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.”

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Priest, Spanish theologian, and Catholic saint. Born on January 9, 1902, in Tarragona, Spain, and died on June 26, 1975. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II. more

“Christian optimism is not a sugary optimism, nor is it a mere human confidence that everything will turn out all right. It is an optimism that sinks its roots into an awareness of our freedom, and the sure knowledge of the power of grace. It is an optimism that leads us to make demands on ourselves, to struggle to respond at every moment to God's call.”

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“If you have so many defects, why are you surprised to find defects in others?”

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“Only the gentle are ever really strong.”

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“When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown of triumph.”

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“Computers have become more friendly, understandable, and lots of years and thought have been put into developing software to convince people that they want and need a computer.”

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“Are there a lot of designers that matter? The industry hasn’t got a litmus test any more. The whole thing has imploded. Watch it die, like the banking industry”

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“Light up a spliff and hit the strip club.”

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“Every man is a mob, a chain gang of idiots.”

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“We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars. Now we just look down, and worry about our place in the dirt.”

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“Maybe heaven entailed more than a soul residing in a single place, but instead having pieces of yourself spread among the hearts and memories of people you've touched.”

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