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		The Bible, that powerful book, has many effects: it comforts, counsels, instructs, and brings us into the presence of God. But trying to erase offense as one of its functions is a fundamentally misguided task.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frederica Mathewes-Green 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fetty Wap 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karl Pilkington 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zadie Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jacki Weaver 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Kightlinger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Summerall 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hanya Yanagihara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not the girl next door. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carine Roitfeld 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Wang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Ant 
			 
			
				Adam and the Ants  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Hamilton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The drama and the trauma of the relationship you have when you're 16 can mirror the one you have when you're 26. Life repeats itself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Swift 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		A word to the wise is -- unnecessary. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Evan Esar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Kids are messy! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jennifer Aniston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				G. Willow Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Garrett Hardin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Bible, that powerful book, has many effects: it comforts, counsels, instructs, and brings us into the presence of God. But trying to erase offense as one of its functions is a fundamentally misguided task. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frederica Mathewes-Green