Kenneth Scott Latourette Quotes
Although when Christianity appeared the total population of the planet was only a fraction of that of the twentieth century, most of the earth's surface was quite outside the Mediterranean world, Persia, India, and China.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
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There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
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It was a matter of survival for the local people, but it was the most violent scene I have ever witnessed. The people in my group, feeling helpless, were all spellbound and aghast at the same time. I became a vegetarian shortly after that.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
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I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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I crave attention and adventure.
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There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
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I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.
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Spencer's god was Evolution, sometimes also called Progress.
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There never was yet a people who must not have somebody or something to represent the dignity of the state, the majesty of the people, call it what you will - a doge, an avoyer, an archon, a president, a consul, a syndic; this becomes at once an object of ambition and dispute, and, in time, of division, faction, sedition, and rebellion.
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Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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The fact that there is a robust debate in Congress is good. The fact that the debate sometimes seems unanchored to facts is not so good.
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I went through a whole phase when I was younger of being obsessed with Tolstoy and Kafka and Camus, all those really, beautiful, dark depressing books.
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Although when Christianity appeared the total population of the planet was only a fraction of that of the twentieth century, most of the earth's surface was quite outside the Mediterranean world, Persia, India, and China.
