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“We Catholics must admit that there is a constant temptation among us to avoid the lectionary and the Word of God for private and pious devotions that usually have little power to actually change us or call our ego assumptions into question.”

Littles Ego Catholic Constant Devotion Temptation Assumption Word Of God Pious

Author:Richard Rohr

“The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting.”

Church Goes On Members Constant Rome Cult Splitting Leakage Breakaway

Author:Mary Douglas

“I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade.”

Actors Games Levels Stage Fine Constant Screens Lifts Lift Me Up

Author:Gary Sinise

“I miss the noise in New York: the sound of taxis and that constant buzz the city has.”

Sound Cities Missing New York Constant Noise Taxi Buzz

Author:Bridget Moynahan

“I'm one of the lucky actors in television. I don't make a lot of big waves, but there's constant activity, and that's the way I prefer to live my life.”

Way Bigs Actors Television Activity Lucky Constant Wave Living My Life

Author:Patrick Duffy

“India seeks to be a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council... things like this don't happen automatically, you need constant dialogue and discussion with the world.”

World Needs Happens Security Members India Constant Dialogue Permanent Discussion Council Security Council

Author:Pratibha Patil

“The royal family's existence is a constant reminder of the hollowness of John Major's rhetoric, and idiotic statements by its leading members a constant boost to the republican cause. They're fine opening hospitals. It's when they open their mouths they get into trouble.”

Causes Existence Trouble Fine Republican Members Majors Mouths Constant Statements Opening Hospitals Rhetoric Royal Reminders Boost Idiotic Royal Family Hollowness

Author:Alastair Campbell

“A painting has a lot of advantages over other forms of communication. Unlike a movie, you don't have to put it into a machine and turn it on. It's just there every day. It's not limited by the element of time. It's a constant part of the home.”

Home Form Turns Painting Communication Elements Advantage Machines Constant

Author:Thomas Kinkade

“I like to consider myself a star - a star, that when you look in the sky, it's always there. And on a clear night... a shooting star comes by, and get a little thrill, and you make a little wish. You need both types of stars, the shooting and the constant stars. The heavens include them all.”

Needs Looks Littles Night Heaven Wish Stars Clear Sky Type Constant Shooting Thrill Wish You Shooting Star

Author:James Belushi

“Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in to fill it up.”

Way Has Beens Real Growth Cutting Constant Dollars Deficit Expenditures

Author:Phil Bredesen

“One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I believe it is supposed to be based around a story.”

Thinking Believe Country Stories Song I Believe Music Is Constant Supposed To Be

Author:Suzy Bogguss

“For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman.”

Men World Values Given Roles Constant Commodity

Book:Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma

Source: Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma

“My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted.”

Knows Want Writing Book Use Reading Interesting Practice Constant My Favorite Lists Slow Down Distracted Dictionary Practise Favorite Book

Author:Beverly Cleary

“I am not feeling any better because I cannot stay in bed, having constant cause for walking. They say I leave at night by the window of my tower, hanging from a red umbrella with which I set fire to the forest!”

Feelings Night Causes Fire Walking Bed Red Window Constant Forests Towers Umbrella

Author:Camille Claudel

“There is no better source of real-time news than Twitter. With the constant sharing of news and information, if you're an active Twitter user, there's nothing happening, big or small, that you won't know right away.”

Ifs Knows Real Bigs Information Source News Happenings Constant Active Users

Author:Raymond Arroyo

“There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.”

Art Figures Flow Constant Historical Reputation Flux Ebb And Flow

Author:Jeffrey Deitch

“I moved to New Zealand from Winnipeg when I was almost five. I hated it. It was to a city in the south of New Zealand called Invercargill and there was constant rain. There was a depressing sensation in the air.”

Cities Five Air Rain Moved Constant South Hated Sensations Depressing New Zealand Winnipeg

Author:Daniel Gillies

“Television is much more difficult because at every moment, the network can force you to change things based on their belief about what would make it popular. You’re in a constant debate with a gun to your head, and the gun is cancellation. So it’s hard to win the arguments.”

Hard Moments Winning Belief Force Difficult Television Gun Argument Constant Debate Cancellation

Author:Judd Apatow

“All cities are impressive in their way, because they represent the aspiration of men to lead a common life; those people who wish to live agreeable lives, and in constant intercourse with one another, will build a city as beautiful as Paris.”

People Men Way Beautiful Wish Common Cities Constant Paris Aspiration Impressive Intercourse Common Life

Book:The Collection

Source: The Collection

“Running a farm is about solving a problem, and that's always interesting to me. But it's a constant process.”

Problem Running Process Interesting Constant Farms

Author:Chris Blackwell

“There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth.”

People Needs Science Motivation Individual Community Creativity Environment Risk Theory Fit Prove Creating Constant Driven Arise Insufficient Creating Something Sync Psych

Author:Gary Taubes

“Every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind. Their amazing variety is a constant delight. I do not believe that I am alone in this - a fascination with words is shared by people in all countries and all walks of life.”

People Mind Believe Country Science Walks Offers Constant Surprise Rewards Delight Variety Carrie Fascination Walks Of Life

Author:George Armitage Miller

“Thinking in terms of risk certainly has its unsettling aspects (...), but it is also a means of seeking to stabilise outcomes, a mode of colonising the future. The more or less constant, profound and rapid momentum of change characteristic of modern institutions, coupled with structured reflexivity, mean that on the level of everyday practice as well as philosophical [Seitenwechsel] interpretation, nothing can be taken for granted. What is acceptable/appropriate/recommended behaviour today may be seen differently tomorrow in the light of altered circumstances or incoming knowledge-claims.”

“I want to reach out and grab his hand and hold it to me, right over my heart, right where it aches the most. I don't know if doing that would heal me or make my heart break entirely, but either way this constant hungry waiting would be over.”

Ifs Knows Way Want Heart Hands Would Be Waiting Break My Heart Constant Hungry Heal Reach Out Ache Heart Break

Author:Ally Condie

“It is hard for people outside the White House to understand the constant daily problems and issues that come up that require the president's attention, but he can not let himself get too personally involved.”

People Hard Problem House President White Attention Issues Involved Constant Come Up White House Can Not Daily Problems

Author:Fred F. Fielding

“I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.”

People Cities Activity Constant Swarms

Author:Joanne Harris

“I carry Yeats with me wherever I go. He's my constant companion. I always can find some comfort in Yeats no matter what the situation is. Months and months and months go by and I know I need to switch to Shelley or somebody else, but right now Yeats is enough for me.”

Knows Needs Matter Enough Situation Months Comfort Right Now No Matter What Constant Companion Shelley Yeats

Author:Linda Hamilton

“I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You get used to it, but when it's quiet you hear a constant ringing.”

Used Quiet Band Constant Loud Loud Music

Author:Linton Kwesi Johnson

“My job is to have new ideas and take risks every day, so I'm always looking forward to the next thing being done or making the next thing that I haven't yet gotten to. That's sort of the constant in my life.”

Ideas Done Jobs Next Risk Havens Constant New Ideas Looking Forward Being Done Always Looking Forward

Author:Miranda July

“Eventually, I decided that if I was going to really write a novel, I couldn't do it in New York City while holding down a job. You need a constant money source to live in New York City unless you're independently wealthy, which I'm not.”

Ifs Needs Writing Jobs Cities Novel New York Source Decided Constant Wealthy New York City

Author:Rachel Kushner

“I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality and commitment to other more constant values as to which there is general consensus.”

Thinking Should Philosophy Values Particular Judging Commitment Constant Temperament Consensus Select Judicial Neutrality

Author:Anthony Kennedy

“Constant rhythmical movement is necessary to health and harmony. Much ill health is due to emotional congestion.”

Healing Movement Emotional Health Harmony Constant Ill Dues Ill Health Congestion

Author:Emmet Fox

“There's a constant contradiction between what feels good and what feels right. But you live with decisions that you make in your life.”

Feels Philosophy Decision Life Philosophy Constant Feel Good Contradiction Feels Right

Author:Randy Travis

“I have a special place in my heart for working moms - it's a constant pull on your heartstrings.”

Heart Special Mom My Heart Constant Special Places Working Mom Heart Strings Heartstrings

Author:Angela Kinsey

“One way of reading my life is that I have been in constant search for a father.”

Way Has Beens Life Is Reading Father Constant One Way Christine

Author:Christine Keeler

“The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not be two standards of work and wages for any trade without constant menace to the higher standard.”

Two Fields Industry Higher Standards Trade Constant Can Not Wages Menace Higher Standards

Author:Florence Kelley

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