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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: if a man would make his world large, he must be always making himself small.
         

if a man would make his world large, he must be always making himself small.


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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.



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God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.



Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.



Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.



I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right



The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.



A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.



When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?



It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.



But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.





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Even having to water flowers is too much constraint.

Even having to water flowers is too much constraint.



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All across the world, people are loyal to their tribe. --- (Pirio)



I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.

I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.



It's the law of averages: put in more, come out with more.

It's the law of averages: put in more, come out with more.



I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn't necessarily be the person who makes it.

I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn't necessarily be the person who makes it.



What if I lose you?" "You can't lose your mother, Charley.

What if I lose you?" "You can't lose your mother, Charley.



And of course I'm in the press all the time. So many books have been written about me; Into thin air, up in the air,Gone with the wind-

And of course I'm in the press all the time. So many books have been written about me; Into thin air, up in the air,Gone with the wind-



I didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind the eight ball when you go in there.

I didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind the eight ball when you go in there.



Black is modest and arrogant at the same time.

Black is modest and arrogant at the same time.




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