N. T. Wright Quotes
I accept the historical challenge, and with that, I accept the essentially Christian position that God always has more light to break out of his holy Word.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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You must always do what you feel is right.
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My older brothers and sisters have kids and families.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is.
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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As a New Yorker, or wherever I am, I just want to know I can get our of the house in five minutes if I have to and not have to spend a bunch of time obsessing in the mirror, trying on a million different options. Now, I just know what works.
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I sold a bunch of stuff. I sold Omaha Steaks, vacation packages... the worst, though, was Time Life Books, because no one wants Time Life Books. No one wants an 'Encyclopedia Brittanica' showing up at their house.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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India has given me everything. It has made me Vijay Mallya.
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No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
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It's hard for me to believe someone could harm a child.
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If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.
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I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.
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People who enter the United States without our permission are illegal aliens and illegal aliens should not be treated the same as people who enter the United States legally.
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Anything's possible in politics.
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Another part of the challenge was to bring back things that you've forgotten about and maybe some things you haven't forgotten about, recontextualize them and have the series make sense.
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I accept the historical challenge, and with that, I accept the essentially Christian position that God always has more light to break out of his holy Word.
