Mary Doria Russell Quotes
If we keep demanding that God yield up His answers, perhaps some day we will understand them. And then we will be something more than clever apes, and we shall dance with God.
Quotes to Explore
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Thank God there is a such thing as hiatus. We got the first 'Dr. Horrible' done in six days, we banged it out.
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You are dealing with people who have taken the responsibility of killing their own because they think that they are right, they think that they are serving the interests of their people. They not going to give that up easily, just because you've shown up.
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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The records that I grew up listening to had feel, and the drummers that inspired me - like Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, Phil Collins and Roger Taylor - all had their own voice and individual style.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province.
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I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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It's hard for us to really understand the immensity so far of the conquest of space.
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I grew up playing video games. And the cool thing about the EA Sports games is they took me through the whole motion-capture thing, where they put little sensors on my body so the video game really is me. It actually moves the way I move.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home.
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Groupon's model: Getting the group discount rate first, finding the group second. The daily deal goes out and, if a minimum number of people sign up, they can all share in the group rate. Vendor gets customers, customers get a discount, Groupon gets a cut.
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People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.
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Prayer will promote our personal holiness as nothing else, except the study of the Word of God.
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Let us, at any rate, give heed to suffer joyfully the crosses that God sends us, because they all, if we are saved, will become for us eternal joys. When infirmities, pains, or any adversities afflict us, let us lift up our eyes to heaven and say, "One day all these pains will have an end, and after them I hope to enjoy God forever."
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I'm not shy, but I have a job to do. I don't need the notoriety.
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I prefer more spicy food to your Italian to be fair.
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In general, in more collectivist cultures, we see that in group settings, people dampen their emotions but are very expressive when they are at home alone. In more individualistic cultures, such as North America and Europe, it's the opposite - people are more expressive in group settings than when they are by themselves.
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If we keep demanding that God yield up His answers, perhaps some day we will understand them. And then we will be something more than clever apes, and we shall dance with God.
