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/ page 519 of 1205 /St. Luke tells us that it was St. John who was sent, with St. Peter, to make ready the guest chamber for the Last Supper.
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At the end of Revelation there is again that solemn insistence on the personal testimony, and even more solemn warning to those who would impugn it.
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The mother of John and James may have expressed herself in terms that sounded like earthly ambition, but it seems at least probable that the natural bonds of relationship might have induced something of that forgivable rivalry of affection.
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Apart from the writings that bear his name (Revelation, the Gospel, and the three Epistles) there are few references to St. John in the New Testament, but, if we had to depend on these references alone, there is enough to give him one of the chief places in the history of Christendom.
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Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch does the important literary thinking.
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Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.
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Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are they all alike. I think so.
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Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.
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It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.
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Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women do not tell them so.
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Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed and said, In that case, what is the question? Then she died.
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Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.
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Money is always there, but the pockets change.
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It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.
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It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
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It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.
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Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not myself.
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In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. This is what makes America what it is.
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Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested in telling about it.
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If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer.
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