Brennan Manning Quotes
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I like to connect with people and suss them out. There's no better way than seeing how they react if you just bear into them.
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I have loved Elliott Carter's music for many years.
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It's very important to give back to the community and do anything you can.
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I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.
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I've never tried to be something I'm not.
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I do not want to do a role which is similar to the previous one or the concept and the genre.
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I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.
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Gay activists claim that because I don't subscribe to their political agenda, I am a homophobe, meaning I have a mental disorder - because that is what phobias are.
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It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.
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I have a carbohydrate and protein-rich diet. For breakfast, I typically have two slices of bread with butter or jam, four to five eggs - boiled or fried - a few bananas and a glass of milk.
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I know people from working with them on films, but they're not the ones I would meet up with... I'm just a normal person!
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Very few people have the guts to come up to you and say, 'Hey, are you gay?'
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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
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Women's stories have been neglected for so long - unless they were queens. Exploring the history of women is a way of redressing that imbalance.
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Individually, I am very happy because I can play in every game. I can be on the pitch and do what I like to do, which is play football.
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.
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I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.
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Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and they don't really want to learn any other part of it, or they would. Directing and producing and putting a show together is very creative, for me.
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I'm coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I don't want to die in my office. I want to die on the beaches.
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I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia for five weeks. My family had a chance to come over and we really loved it, particularly the island of Pangkor.
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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I really got into Osho's books. I have always loved his books. They were top notch.
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
