Frederick Buechner Quotes
In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
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Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.
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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real.
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I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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I'm evangelical.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society.
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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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Travelling expands the mind rarely.
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In my opinion, baseball is as big a business as anything there is. It has to be a business, the way it is conducted.
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I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.
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White Americans can go a long time without ever thinking about the color of their skin. Black and brown Americans have no choice but to confront issues of race every day.
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I have always watched my close friends fall in love, but I never thought it would happen to me.
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I loved Heidi Klum, but now I know Kathy Ireland is on the cover of Forbes, so that’s pretty amazing as well.
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Yemen is an essential partner of the United States of America and the international community in combating terror.
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Always that tyrannical love reaches out. Soft words shrivel me like quicklime. She will not allow me to be cold, hungry. She will insist that I take her own coat, her own food.
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If you see yourself as a "little sinner" you will inevitably see Jesus as a "little savior".
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The hollowness was in his arms and the world was snowing.
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In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
