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I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place. ↗

— Paul Merton

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In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it. ↗

— Paul Merton

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There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we won't forget them. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

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On my first day in New York a guy asked me if I knew where Central Park was. When I told him I didn't he said, 'Do you mind if I mug you here?'. ↗

— Paul Merton

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When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations. ↗

— Paul Merton

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Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. ↗

— Thomas Merton

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Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. ↗

— Thomas Merton

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A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. ↗

— Thomas Merton

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Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music. ↗

— Pat Metheny

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By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. ↗

— Thomas Merton

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