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The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things.
by Ben Okri (Poet, Nigerian , born in 1959) keywords: accepted, acknowledged, cannot, coded, dislike, frontiers, given, into, law, legislators, made, mysteries, police, take, these, things, wonder , world We've always been fans of a good mystery; we think all kids are, and there weren't any good mysteries out there these days for kids, so that's why we decided to do them.
by Mary-Kate Olsen (Actor, American , born in 1986) keywords: always, any, been, days, decided, fans, good, kids, mysteries, mystery, out, them, these, think, weren , why If all things were made through Him, clearly so must the splendid revelations have been which were made to the fathers and prophets, and became to them the symbols of the sacred mysteries of religion.
by Origen (Theologian , born in 185) keywords: became, been, clearly, fathers, him, made, must, mysteries, prophets, religion, revelations, sacred, splendid, symbols, them, things, through, were , which Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of things, but when, in the infinitely little, it discovers as many mysteries and as much depth and power as in the infinitely great.
by Edgar Quinet (Historian, French , born in 1803) keywords: christian, condemns, depth, discovers, great, infinitely, itself, letter, little, many, much, mysteries, power, science , things I feel as though I have lived many lives, experienced the heights and depths of each and like the waves of the ocean, never known rest. Throughout the years, I have looked always for the unusual, for the wonderful, for the mysteries at the heart of life.
by Leni Riefenstahl (Director, German , born in 1902) keywords: always, depths, each, experienced, feel, heart, heights, known, life, lived, lives, looked, many, mysteries, never, ocean, rest, though, throughout, unusual, waves, wonderful , years But figuring out Saddam Hussein was one our greatest mysteries. He marched to his own drummer and frequently as this unfolded he made decisions which were sometimes inexplicable to us and sometimes didn't look very smart.
by Brent Scowcroft (Public Servant, American , born in 1925) keywords: decisions, drummer, figuring, frequently, greatest, his, hussein, inexplicable, look, made, marched, mysteries, our, out, own, saddam, smart, sometimes, unfolded, us, very, were , which After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.
by Pamela Stephenson (Actor, Australian , born in 1949) keywords: after, aware, brain, come, human, into, myself, mysteries, probing, should, still, them , up There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part.
by Bram Stoker (Writer, Irish , born in 1847) keywords: age, guess, may, men, mysteries, only, part, solve , which Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.
by Joan D. Vinge (Author, American , born in 1948) keywords: bestseller, beyond, both, climb, compelled, enjoy, even, fantasy, fiction, genre, likely, lists, literature, more, mysteries, nonfiction, onto, other, rather, reading, science, seem, some, than, though, variety, wide , write In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: beliefs, church, considered, degenerate, inevitably, into, mysteries, organism , social The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: affirmation, contemplation, degraded, faith, into, made, mysteries, negation, object, reality , should What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.
by Edith Wharton (Author, American , born in 1862) keywords: em, makes, making, mysteries, nose, only, out, use , want The righteousness of Jesus Christ is one of those great mysteries, which the angels desire to look into, and seems to be one of the first lessons that God taught men after the fall.
by George Whitefield (Clergyman, American , born in 1714) keywords: after, angels, christ, desire, fall, first, god, great, into, jesus, lessons, look, men, mysteries, righteousness, seems, taught, those , which Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
by Walter Jon Williams (Writer, American , born in 1953) keywords: also, biography, even, fiction, history, literature, mainstream, mysteries, only, philosophy, poetry, read, science, should, want , write
