Daniel Berrigan Quotes
The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.
Quotes to Explore
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You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself.
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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You don't win as a party unless you become a bigger party.
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Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
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As a general rule, when you comment on a blog, make it knowledgeable or witty and, most of all, relevant to that post - then, simply sign it with your name and your book title. Resist the urge to brag or sell your book.
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I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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I've been training quite hard.
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I played ping-pong with Prince. That's pretty surreal. He gave me a lesson before we played; like, he's great. He's a master at it, so I took the free lesson.
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I want to take a close look at the SBA to see what works, what doesn't, what is duplicative, and what isn't even being utilized. We'll focus on what they do well and strengthen those areas.
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Whenever I tell people I'm from Miami, they always ask me about the beach. But I can count on one hand the times I went there as a kid.
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I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.
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Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
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God did not give you the spirit of cowardice.
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I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.
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Coleridge received the Person from Porlock And ever after called him a curse, Then why did he hurry to let him in? He could have hid in the house.
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The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.
