N. T. Wright Quotes
The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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You don't need expensive classes and all kinds of weird equipment if you really want to be in shape. There are great ways to do it that are very economical, it just takes a time commitment, even if it means waking up a half hour a day before the rest of the household gets up because that's the only time you have.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Everybody loves a villain - let's face it.
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As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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I'm completely in love with the idea of love.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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You are the only you. That means you don't lose roles to anybody else. There's no competition, so they either want you or they don't want you, and it's not that they wanted someone else over you.
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I read everything and anything. I love books.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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You can tell when people think they're a little bit special, and it's quite fun to laugh at them, and I think it's good to laugh at them, because then you can deflate their egos a bit.
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I take bits and pieces from everything. But I think the Method can be very isolating, and sometimes it's more about ego than playing the character truthfully.
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We do ourselves a disservice when some of us cave to the myth that Social Security somehow drives the deficit.
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The Seventh Day Adventist Church believes that it was specially chosen by God to prepare the world for the Second Coming of His Son Jesus.
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The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.
