Every form, not being the whole, must, of necessity, be imperfect; less than the whole, it cannot be identical with the whole, and being less than the whole and, therefore, imperfect by itself, it shows imperfection as evil, and only the totality of a universe can mirror the image of God.


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It was starting to get pretty frustrating toward the end of my sophomore year. Teams would put two a...
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It's always difficult playing against a great team because you can't play your own game. You have to...
ANNIE STALZER
This is amazing, beating the No.1 team in the nation and getting to play for a state championship my...
ANNIE STALZER
That was big. It really gave us a little more confidence.
ANNIE STALZER
We've been playing so well. This is the perfect season! We couldn't ask for anything better.
ANNIE STALZER
People today are more fluid, and they don't want to be shackled with one color palette forever.
ANNIE SELKE
We call it tradition with a twist.
ANNIE SELKE
But you need to keep things in the same color family.
ANNIE SELKE
A big, bold pattern on the floor is more deceptive than one on the wall. There is no way of knowing ...
ANNIE SELKE
The best way to stimulate emancipation is to start to educate your sons to be humans instead of men,...
ANNIE SCHMIDT
The vieuw that women are surpressed I have never believed. They have a lot of power, not on a social...
ANNIE SCHMIDT
I think that men are more surpressed then women. At home their wife is boss, and seldom they are bos...
ANNIE SCHMIDT
Every story has a happy ending, you just need to know when to stop.
ANNIE SCHMIDT
A dutch novel is like a lame coitus
ANNIE SCHMIDT
I'm feeling pretty good right now, though I can never be totally satisfied with myself. But that's w...
ANNIE ROSS
Cranks was a huge success in London. It was Princess Margaret's favourite show, so she brought her s...
ANNIE ROSS
Jack Hylton said: 'I want you, I want you, but I can't offer you the part it's for a 35-year-old wom...
ANNIE ROSS
I asked the producer who else is doing the show. And he replied: 'Dorothy Paul, and, of course, McLe...
ANNIE ROSS
I asked the producer who else is doing the show. And he replied: 'Dorothy Paul, and, of course, McLe...
ANNIE ROSS
If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay atten...
ANNIE PROULX
I found myself wondering what a gay person in such a masculine-oriented society did -- whether they ...
ANNIE PROULX
I found myself wondering what a gay person in such a masculine-oriented society did - whether they f...
ANNIE PROULX
Clapping wildly for bad stuff enhances this.
ANNIE PROULX
If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay atten...
ANNIE PROULX
There are a lot of people who would build there if they'd change the flood zone. There are a lot of ...
ANNIE MCGEE
They don't care. If they cared, they wouldn't let what their parents worked so hard for fall down.
ANNIE MCGEE
You could buy anything there ... a full-service store with a meat market and everything. My dad prov...
ANNIE MCGEE
Every morning after all the absentee reports were in, he would leave walking and go to your house. I...
ANNIE MCGEE
I'm shy, yeah.There's a huge industry at the moment of celebrity and it's really evolved over the la...
ANNIE LENNOX
Catch me and let me dive under, for I want to swim in the pools of your eyes.
ANNIE LENNOX
I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of...
ANNIE LENNOX
A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. T...
ANNIE LENNOX
Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.
ANNIE LENNOX
When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell wh...
ANNIE LENNOX
Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws...
ANNIE LENNOX
I'm an only child, you know, originally. I'm not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lo...
ANNIE LENNOX
Collectively, you are so powerful and strong you can do these things.
ANNIE LENNOX
Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information.
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
For me to be in a room with those soldiers standing over there -- it's almost like you're there with...
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
Private Pictures: photography from Arizona collections
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing as going to ...
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone ...
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
It's interesting to me because she is empowered when she's dressed up,
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
It tells me my doctor did a good job.
ANNIE HOUGHTON
This is where I am. I am not leaving now. I know it might be hard for guys to focus. But that's not ...
ANNIE HOUGHTON
If I play my game, I think I can give some pretty hard matches.
ANNIE HOUGHTON
This feels so good because doctors said I might not be as good as I used to be. But I'm playing the ...
ANNIE HOUGHTON