James Hal Cone Quotes
The Gospel of liberation is bad news to all oppressors because they have defined their "freedom" in terms of slavery of others.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I feel that I am a scholar who only with the left hand writes novels.
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I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!
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The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
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I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.
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As a brand, Ahla is one of Strauss-Elite's strongest. But we need to do a lot of marketing in order to regain market leadership. I have no doubt that we will do that, even if it takes time.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.
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I don't think I have a black-hat image.
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One of the biggest misconceptions that has been thrown out there is the fact that I started on Vine.
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For the longest time, my older brother told me he was teaching me self-defense, but now that I'm grown up, I realize he was just practicing his martial arts on me.
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
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I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I'm like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater.
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you beautiful.
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Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
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I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked came from; Orson Welles, jazz, all that stuff. Los Angeles is one of those places where somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebody.
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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
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I'm a real animal lover. I adore animals of all shapes and sizes.
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In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.
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Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect.
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The most effective preaching of the gospel is when it is accompanied by beautiful, appropriate music.
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The Gospel of liberation is bad news to all oppressors because they have defined their "freedom" in terms of slavery of others.
