Brennan Manning Quotes
False gods - the gods of human understanding - despise sinners, but the Father of Jesus loves all, no matter what they do. But of course this is almost too incredible for us to accept.
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I went through a lot in middle school, and you always try so many different looks and try to be so many different people. I finally realized I'm awkward, I'm lanky, and I'm going to embrace it - make fun of myself and just laugh.
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I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
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There were two very distinct voices going on in my head and I moved easily between them. One had to do with sports, street life and establishing myself as a male... The other voice, the one I had from my street friends and teammates, was increasingly dealing with the vocabulary of literature.
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When I'm on vacation here in the States, I can do all kinds of stuff; I can train and keep busy.
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If I want to ban any newspaper, I will, with good reason.
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It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.
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My home has always been show business.
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As frustrating as it is to not have a record come out, I have to make sure that it's worth putting out. I have to be trying to say something, for one. I have to not oversell what I'm trying to say. I can't 'Bono' it.
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You lose attitude when you feel too comfortable, so I prefer to wear clothes that have a certain edge to them.
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I grew up in a very religious household. My mom was a church organist. I was a religious kid.
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Pandemics do not occur randomly. From malaria and influenza to AIDS and SARS, the lethal microbes have come, in the first instance, from animals, especially wild animals. And we increasingly know which parts of the world pose the greatest risk for future incursions.
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When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.
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My life experiences have helped me to be less fearful. In politics, that has allowed me to take on issues sooner rather than later.
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Wear some mascara, give attention to your eyebrows, and also take care of your lips.
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It takes extraordinary wisdom and self-control to accept that many things have a logic we do not understand that is smarter than our own.
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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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If the US and Europe genuinely support the people, as they say, they must not betray our peaceful revolution. It is the expression of the democratic will of the overwhelming majority of the people of Yemen.
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I did not send classified material, and I did not receive any material that was marked or designated classified.
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It's amazing what the Internet can teach you to do.
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Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.
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I think that the idea of having a different approach to every single one of my albums is so exciting to me. I never want to make the same record twice. Why do it? What's the point?
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False gods - the gods of human understanding - despise sinners, but the Father of Jesus loves all, no matter what they do. But of course this is almost too incredible for us to accept.
