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"For the more a man limits himself, the nearer he is on the other hand to what is limitless; it is precisely those who are apparently aloof from the world who build for themselves a remarkable and thoroughly individual world in miniature, using their own special equipment, termit-like."
"[T]he kingdom of heaven is of the childlike, of those who are easy to please, who love and who give pleasure. Mighty men of their hands, the smiters and the builders and the judges, have lived long and done sternly and yet preserved this lovely character; and among our carpet interests and twopenny concerns, the shame were indelible if we should lose it. Gentleness and cheerfulness, these come before all morality; they are the perfect duties."
"They say cowardice is infectious; but then argument is, on the other hand, a great emboldener."
"I don't use specific brands really. It's just that for my skin, I need as high an SPF factor as I can get my hands on. That's the only rule."
"Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention. (The Catholic Church, on the other hand, seized on the big bang model and in 1951 officially pronounced it to be in accordance with the Bible."
"Whatever came to mind, whatever came to hand, I would read."
"There is the Watchmaker Theory that God wound up the universe and let it tick. That may be. or it may be that he takes a hand in things from time to time. But whatever it is, I am sure that there is something out there."
"Nothing, absolutely nothing, enters my life that isn't caused or allowed by God and filtered first through His loving hands for the purpose of making me more like Jesus."
"People will not lend you a hand until you first touch their hearts."
"A little bit of fragrance always clings to the hands that gives you roses"
"I've been asked why does Ireland produce so many great musicians, and the answer is it doesn't. When you count the great musicians Ireland has given the world in the last 20 years, you can do it on one hand."
"In a strange way, I don't have a job, so I have a lot of time on my hands. When I do work, it might be very concentrated, and it might be months where you're not really doing anything except maybe playing the banjo or writing something. You know, there's a lot of time in the day if you're not working 9 to 5."
"If a mute kid swears, should his mother wash his hands with soap?"
"My grandfather gave me a watch. It doesn't have any hands or numbers. He says it's very accurate. I asked him what time it was. You can guess what he told me."
"Love is not love that wounded bleeds And bleeding sullies slow. Come death within my hands and I Unto my love will go."
"There can be no good art that is international. Art to be vigorous and gesund must use the material at hand."
"The world is come upon me, I used to keep it a long way off, But now I have been run over and I am in the hands of the hospital staff."
"The people of Central America - and, in a broader sense, the entire developing world - need to know first-hand that freedom and opportunity are not just for the elite, but the birthright of every citizen; that property is not just something enjoyed by a few, but can be owned by any individual who works hard and makes correct decisions."
"Could there be anything resembling a free enterprise economy, if wealth and property were concentrated in the hands of a few, while the great majority owned little more than the shirts on their backs?"
"Through the history of our nation, Americans have always extended their hands in gestures of assistance."
