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.N. T. Wright
Quotes to Explore
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
Jackie Chan -
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.
Padma Lakshmi -
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
Walter Scott -
I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.
Maggie Stiefvater -
Everybody loves a villain - let's face it.
Campbell Scott -
As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing.
Park Chan-wook
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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.
Ted Danson -
The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
B. C. Forbes -
I'm completely in love with the idea of love.
Orlando Bloom -
We all have our strengths and our failings.
Hannah Simone -
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.
Rachel Brosnahan -
I read everything and anything. I love books.
Gail Porter
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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.
Octavia Spencer -
Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
Zoe Saldana -
I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
Dan Futterman -
All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
Edmund Wilson -
Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
Katee Sackhoff -
A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.
Sam Houston
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Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort intelligently is next on the list.
Mark Cuban -
His wife 'ruled the roost,' and in governing the governor, governed the province, which might thus be said to be under petticoat government.
Washington Irving -
People share everything on Facebook. That can be a very good thing or a very noisy thing. With Foursquare, people know that they're getting information specifically about a place, advice about where they are and what they could be doing. It's a very filtered view of the world.
Dennis Crowley -
The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world.
Blaine Pardoe -
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.
N. T. Wright