Brennan Manning Quotes
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I am not going to say I have been a saint. I have not been a perfect man. None is perfect but the Father, which is in Heaven.
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All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
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Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.
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Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.
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New experiences give you new perspectives on life.
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We did a different show every night. We'd open a show, and then two weeks later we'd open the next show. And two weeks later we'd open the third show until we had all eight running. And it was just one of the richest experiences I'd ever had in my theatrical life.
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All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.
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The bad boy image is something given to me by the media. I have been in relationships earlier, even for as long as three years. I am not saying I am a saint. I am like any other guy, I guess. Unfortunately, every time I even meet a person, it is reported as a link-up.
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I'm much more interested in living specific experiences in films.
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I think I can see more clearly now - about how the pattern of past experiences has shaped who I am and the characters I have played - and I'm grateful for that.
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My mom was a saint. She taught me to be terminally nice.
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My life. The life I'm living that's where all my inspiration comes from. Real life experiences.
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I get my inspiration from everyday life, things people my age are going through in life, good and bad experiences.
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If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others.
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The passion of Christianity comes from deliberately signing away my own rights and becoming a bondservant of Jesus Christ. Until I do that, I will not begin to be a saint.
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I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.
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That's the great thing about today, having smartphones to stay in touch and share experiences. Knowing that whilst there may be thousands of miles between you, it's almost like they're there. That's the coolest thing, and that's how I stay in touch with the people that are important to me.
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What I know for sure is that your life is a multipart series of all your experiences- and each experience is created by your thoughts, intentions, and actions to teach you what you need to know. Your life is a journey of learning to love yourself first and then extending that love to others in every encounter.
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I wanted to sing about things that moved me and experiences I had collected throughout life.
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We'll set our approach to borrowing, to spending, to taxation, in a sensible way on a sensible timescale.
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Seems like we were always running away from President Obama or trying to undo what he's done.
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Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call
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The most influential person in my life had been George Michael. He was very important to me and was one of my musical heroes growing up. Then he became a friend and mentor and someone I'd lean on.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
