Martin Luther
Theologian
"A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming."
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Becoming
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Vincent de Paul
Saint, Priest
"All beginnings are somewhat strange; but we must have patience, and little by little, we shall find things, which at first were obscure, becoming clearer."
John Dickinson
Politician, Founding Father
"Most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor."
Muhammad Ali
Boxer, Activist
"What you are thinking is what you are becoming."
Boris Johnson
Politician, Journalist
"I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis."
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"I had the intention of becoming a theologian...but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy, for 'the heavens declare the glory of God.'"
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"And really, I think I like who I'm becoming."
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"There always comes a time when one must choose between contemplation and action. This is called becoming a man."
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"Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant."
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"Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something."
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"When a soldier is hit by a cannonball, rags are as becoming as purple."
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"Red is the great clarifier - bright and revealing. I can't imagine becoming bored with red - it would be like becoming bored with the person you love."
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"People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be - not what you nag them to be."
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"Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it's a process. It's often not cool to be the person who puts themselves out there."
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"The truth is that after several decades of neoliberalism, the rich are becoming increasingly richer while the poor are both more numerous and increasingly poorer."
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"Be what you are, and become what you are capable of becoming."
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"If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed."
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"Things were somehow so good that they were in danger of becoming very bad because what is fully mature is very close to rotting"
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"Who dares to strike today, when having the security of a permanent job is itself becoming a privilege?"
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"Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'"
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"You are not IN the universe, you ARE the universe, an intrinsic part of it. Ultimately you are not a person, but a focal point where the universe is becoming conscious of itself. What an amazing miracle."
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"If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we make him capable of becoming what he can be."
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"My movies are not about being, but becoming."
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"Taste. You cannot buy such a rare and wonderful thing. You can't send away for it in a catalogue. And I'm afraid it's becoming obsolete."
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"When we keep claiming the light, we will find ourselves becoming more and more radiant."
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