Pamela Druckerman Quotes
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
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Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?
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I've always been supportive of the right of Israel as a state, and I've always fought against anti-Semitism, even in my own community.
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If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.
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People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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As a street performer, I have learned that everybody wants to connect. And that usually, if you're a bit extraordinary, if you're not exactly of human appearance, then people will feel inclined to participate and to feel out loud. It's as though you made something resonate within them.
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I don't even sing in the shower.
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The solution for mankind is of a spiritual nature. It is not a political or religious solution. It's the ability to love each other. That's the only solution I see.
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One day, I will tell my story... where I came from and where I am now and how I remained positive.
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Too often, we have tended to fall into a trap of creating plain hamburgers.
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Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It's never been anything but your religion.
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A France or a Belgium is not quite a sovereign nation any more, and thus does not have complete control over its national destiny or foreign relations.
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When you're growing up, I think there's this idea that the coolest people are the ones who are really rude and feverish. But I've come to realize that isn't cool.
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Before bringing a request to the Lord, it's a good idea to ask: If God granted this request, would it bring glory to him? Would it advance his kingdom? Would it help people? Would it help me to grow spiritually?
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I also work with the spirituality of people.
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I think of being ornate as a Victorian quality, little to do with Shakespeare. But even Dickens wasn't ornate; he wrote with flow and naturalism.
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The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.
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Certain woman will be jealous of how skinny you are, no matter what's causing it.
