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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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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Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he seeks out that advice because he's not too cool or too uncomfortable to ask for it.
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My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.
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I'm John McEnroe-like. I'm coming forward every opportunity I get. My wingspan covers some ground at the net. My serve is OK. I can move it around enough. My groundstrokes are good enough to hang in a rally with a good player. But generally, my goal is to put away a point quickly.
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What can he mean by coming among us? He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
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In a globalised world, so many of us move around so much. You lose things, but you also gain things - or hope to gain them.
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Working with one of the best strength trainers in the world, I'm getting more dangerous. I'm getting stronger and stronger.
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Give other Christians permission to be different from you. You're not the only Christ-follower in the world, and neither are you the most committed. Your way of loving Jesus is neither the only way for the best. If you don't know that, your Christian world is way too small.
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In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
