N. T. Wright Quotes
The power of the gospel lies[...] in the powerful announcement that God is God, that Jesus is Lord, that the powers of evil have been defeated, that God's new world has begun.
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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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Sharing is the essence of social media.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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We should allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. That will create a true 50-state national marketplace which will drive down the cost of low-cost, catastrophic health insurance.
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I am a very selfish person.
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
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As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.
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My memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me.
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I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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I'm a way bigger worrier than I ever was before I had kids. And, you know, the stress and anxiety that can go along with motherhood, I have had to battle that.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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What I've always tried to find in my books are points at which the private lives of the characters, and also my own, intersect with the public life of the culture.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.
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Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
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When you finally have kids, you realize how selfish you are. I think we are naturally selfish beings. When you have kids, that can kind of be a shock at first. I think just trying to make time for yourself is very hard. Especially now that I have 3, finding that time can be very difficult.
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Many expanded-time schools have generated extraordinary results. In some cases, they have completely closed the achievement gap, all while installing curricula with a richness rivaled only by elite private schools and those in the most upscale suburbs.
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I don't really try too hard to be anything that I'm not.
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I always had this romantic notion of living in New York. I just felt like, everyone could be different and weird and whatever they are in New York.
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The power of the gospel lies[...] in the powerful announcement that God is God, that Jesus is Lord, that the powers of evil have been defeated, that God's new world has begun.
