N. T. Wright Quotes
The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built.
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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You either are or you're not.
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You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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With sitcom writing, you're trying to write stories.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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Oracle's latest database, version 12c, was specifically designed for the cloud. Oracle 12c makes all your Oracle applications multitenant applications without you having to make any changes whatsoever to your applications.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
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I believe in a wall between church and state so high that no one can climb over it. When religion controls government, political liberty dies; and when government controls religion, religious liberty perishes. Every American has the constitutional right not to be taxed or have his tax money expended for the establishment of religion. For too long the issue of government aid to church related organizations has been a divisive force in our society and in the Congress. It has erected communication barriers among our religions and fostered intolerance.
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There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death.
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When I was a senior in high school, I worked at a theater where they hired New York actors. And they told me about 'Backstage,' and so I got my school in Pennsylvania to subscribe. And there was an audition for a tour of 'The Sound of Music,' and I got the job. Deferred my admission to college just to go on tour.
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We make choices, decisions, as long as we keep to the surface of things; once we reach the depths, we can neither choose nor decide, we can do nothing but regret the surface...
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You run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole; you run into assholes all day, you’re the asshole.
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The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built.
