Brennan Manning Quotes
When being is divorced from doing, pious thoughts become an adequate substitute for washing dirty feet.
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The most important thing to me with any politician is that they don't start wars, but education is a big part of that, too, because educated people are less likely to do stupid, violent things.
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I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.
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When I was small, I was the same as everyone else. I used to play in a small council estate nearby. But it's really my family who taught me. I started watching my dad play from the age of two. I wanted to be like him.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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Seasonality in winter doesn't have to mean sleep-inducing, stew-like, starchy casseroles.
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When mom and dad were at the height of their careers, and things were super-crazy, and they couldn't leave their houses, there wasn't social media. It was all about autographs. Now, everyone's the press. I feel fame is perforated: it can be glorious, but it can completely destroy a human, too.
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I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music.
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I started singing in pubs and clubs around Belfast when I was 10. My dad is a musician, and he took me 'round; I impersonated Tina Turner and Shirley Bassey, and the crowd couldn't believe what was coming out of this little girl.
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I've done it all.
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By that time I was thinking a little about pro ball and hopeful that someone would draft me.
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I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
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The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity.
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To generate creative ideas, it's important to start from an unusual place. But to explain those ideas, they have to be connected to something familiar.
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A lot of people meet me and they're like, 'Why aren't you crazy?'
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In setting goals and executing a strategy, Wanda is sophisticated. We have good systems and departments. If targets are not reached, a yellow light goes off.
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I'd rather go to sleep than find a girl.
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When I heard Bjork's debut, that was when I first realized that I could be a singer, even with my unusual voice.
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A lot of the songs are based on my previous relationship. It didn't work out. I lost him, and it ruined me. I had to learn to get back on my feet. I used that heartbreak to create something really beautiful.
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The worst passion we mortals cherish is the desire to possess. Even when we know that our final destination is a hole not more than three feet square, we have the strongest craving
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The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.
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When being is divorced from doing, pious thoughts become an adequate substitute for washing dirty feet.
