Carlos Manini Rios Quotes & Sayings

Satan will advocate that it is cool to doubt spiritual gifts and the teachings of true prophets. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

At first you might wonder what you did to deserve such treatment. Nothing, probably, so that doesn't matter. What matters is that, eventually, the abuse becomes the status quo. It's no longer about the whats and whys ("what did I do?" "why are they doing this?") but the whens and hows ("when are they going to do it?" "how are they going to get me?"). Persecution becomes inevitable, inescapable. And once you get into the victim mindset, you're fucked. The bullies don't even need to hurt you now; your poor, warped, pathetic brain is doing half the work for them. — Nenia Campbell

To put it in layman's terms, crazy is crazy. And crazy will find a way to do something crazy. Racist is racist. And racist people will find a way to project their racism onto the world. — Nia Long

With Partition, in 1947, Roy writes, "God's carotid burst open on the new border between India and Pakistan and a million people died of hatred. Neighbours turned on each other as though they'd never known each other, never been to each other's weddings, never sung each other's songs." The consequences of that terrible event form the main story of "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. — Arundhati Roy

All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters. — Gordon Lightfoot

A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere. — Gary Becker

A man ain't nothing but a man. But a son? Well, now, that's somebody — Toni Morrison

My wife Martha used to call me Ol' Lemon Face because of my facial contortions when I play Lucille. I squeeze my eyes and open my mouth, raise my eyebrows, cock my head and God knows what else. I look like I'm in torture, when in truth, I'm in ecstasy. I don't do it for show. Every fiber of my being is tingling. — B.B. King

I'm a big fan of the Irish accent. After a couple of drinks, I start to get a bit of an Irish lilt, too. — Emily Ratajkowski

The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do. — Candace Cameron Bure

I love anything by Joan Didion. Incidentally, she was one of the local moms when I was growing up in Point Dume. She always reminded me a little bit of my mother, so I feel a great affinity. I love the precision of Didion's writing. There's a construction and a craftsmanship to her sentences that's imbued with so much emotion. — Rob Lowe

It's important that athletes can compete on a level playing field. And youngsters coming into the sport can know that if they are working hard and training hard, they'll see a true reflection of where they stand and what they can achieve worldwide and not be swayed by people who are cheating. — Paula Radcliffe

I've learned that things can always suck worse than they did five minutes ago. — Corrine Jackson

Sloth, or acedia, is the unheralded, almost hidden, besetting sin
of our times - unheralded because it is misunderstood; hidden
because its symptoms are disguised or misdiagnosed; and besetting
us all to some degree because we have overlooked a mighty, Godgiven cure. It is, as the Church fathers taught, deadly. It strikes at the
very roots of our freedom - at human dignity itself. Sabbath rest
cannot be understood or appreciated apart from awareness of this
sin that undermines everything Sabbath was created to give to the
human person for his edification and development. — Charlotte Ostermann