Brennan Manning Quotes
Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don’t have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace.
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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill town, and I never knew anyone who made their living from the arts. When you did go away to college, you went away to be something - an engineer, or a teacher, or a chemist.
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England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.
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Iran doesn't need one centrifuge. Canada has nuclear energy. Spain has nuclear energy. Switzerland has nuclear energy, and they don't enrich uranium. You don't need to enrich uranium in order to use nuclear energy. You enrich uranium in order to produce a bomb.
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I wrote 'Buried Child' in a trailer at an old ranch house we had in California.
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I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
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The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing.
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
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For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown.
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I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.
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Grace can and does have a history.
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
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Wearing too much makeup definitely makes my skin worse.
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Scotland is the Canada of England!
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I guess I am a bit of a traditionalist.
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I was born in a territory called Biran, in the eastern region of Cuba. It's known by that name, although it has never appeared on a map.
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I am sort of an adventurer. I like to explore new places. I don't get to travel as often as I would like but I love it.
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The artists is responsible for his history and his nature, his history is part of his nature.
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I'm proud to have so many great friends at country radio who believe in what I do - thanks to all of them.
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I remember not having a hot water tank, so we had to use a kettle for hot showers. So, you know, we would put the kettle on and go have a shower, and then my mum would come bring three or four kettles in, just to heat them up. And it would take five, 10 minutes for every kettle to heat up.
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There's nothing more fun than sitting in a circle playing with people who are really into it.
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Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don’t have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace.
