N. T. Wright Quotes
Worship is love on its knees before the beloved; just as mission is love on its feet to serve the beloved
Quotes to Explore
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When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.
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Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
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People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
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I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.
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I do my best to stay away from dairy, especially ice cream. I've become a cookie monster whenever I want to mess around and eat something cheap.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?
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There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.
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When I'm at home, I want to be a normal person. I don't want to hear, 'Can I have your autograph?'
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
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I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers.
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Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.
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I want to empower and educate and inspire individuals who are giving to give in a way that is more meaningful. The more meaningful our giving is, the more giving we will do.
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It's funny the things the Internet likes to proclaim.
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You need to prepare the child you have for the world that exists.
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I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
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It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought of persons who have voluntarily abandoned everything that for the most of us makes life worth living and are devoid of envy of what they have missed. I have never made up my mind whether they are fools or wise men.
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The key is that unless there is accountability, we will never get the right system. As long as there are no consequences if kids or adults don't perform, as long as the discussion is not about education and student outcomes, then we're playing a game as to who has the power.
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Christmas was always a big holiday in our family. Every Christmas Eve before we'd go to bed, my mom and dad would read to us two or three stories and they would always be 'The Happy Prince,' 'The Gift of the Magi' and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas,' and I would like to keep that alive.
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Worship is love on its knees before the beloved; just as mission is love on its feet to serve the beloved
