Love is active, not passive. It is our love for one another, for Mother Earth, for our fellow creatures that compels us to act on their behalf.
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LAURENCE OLIVIER It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary t...
LAURENCE HOUSMAN Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms...
LAURENCE OLIVIER Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense. And if you rehearse nonsense, you may one day find your...
LAURENCE GONZALES Do I think the shareholders are in a better position today than yesterday? Yes.
LAURENCE PETTIT The reason that kids take chances when they drive is not because they're ignorant. It's because othe...
LAURENCE STEINBERG The public probably knows that teen drivers are at greater risk for fatal accidents. What the public...
LAURENCE STEINBERG Life without parole for kids presumes that they can't be changed.
LAURENCE STEINBERG The older you are, the more hours you can withstand without seeing harmful effects. But generally, n...
LAURENCE STEINBERG We are not very good at looking at people when they are 16 and predicting what they will be like whe...
LAURENCE STEINBERG If you have these four things, it doesn't matter what ethnic group you're from, you'll do well in sc...
LAURENCE STEINBERG If they were to drink multiple glasses of this mixture or concoction, I think there'd be a potential...
LAURENCE SPERLING Some of this benefit we see now may be a combination of our increased awareness of heart disease in ...
LAURENCE SPERLING Mr. Knight doesn't have $107 million. It remains to be seen what becomes of Death Row.
LAURENCE STRICK He has no choice, the way these people have forced his hand.
LAURENCE STRICK He doesn't pull any punches. He tells the pastors what's on his heart.
LAURENCE WHITE It's often said that there are countries where bribery is a way of life, and that's still the case.
LAURENCE URGENSON This is an amazing and rare collection of Michael Jordan memorabilia that doesn't come along everyda...
LAURENCE TONEY We're not trying to displace (offline sales); we're trying to offer another channel. Our goal is rea...
LAURENCE TONEY I believe a pastor has an obligation to speak to the moral issues of the country on the basis of the...
LAURENCE WHITE If you're having a Republican state convention, you want everybody there. This isn't that kind of me...
LAURENCE WHITE The Internet means record companies have to fight a bit harder.
LAURENCE BELL The extension of the contract demonstrates our strong confidence in the Chinese aviation market and ...
LAURENCE BARRON It's a good move for Airbus because we don't have enough space in Beijing now and China Eastern is t...
LAURENCE BARRON It is the 20th anniversary of the successful co-operation of Airbus with China's aviation industry, ...
LAURENCE BARRON It is not a question of concern but obviously a question of great interest to us.
LAURENCE BARRON One in six planes sold this year will go to China. Next year that will be one in five.
LAURENCE BARRON It's the market where you have to be.
LAURENCE BARRON The year 2005 is quite a significant year for us, not only globally, but particularly in China.
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