Brennan Manning Quotes
There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.
Quotes to Explore
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I know a lot about Judy Garland. She was born in 1922, and I think she died in '69. When I was little, like, when I was 8, I knew all of her husbands' names.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
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We've made some good beginnings with the New START Treaty, but a lot more can be done.
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'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.
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To read too many books is harmful.
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This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a fad.
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I know I'm going to be remembered for football. That's why I work so hard at it.
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You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.
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The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility.
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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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I would like to use stories as a springboard for children to make their own creative responses. I would like to encourage them to express themselves using music, art, film or whatever, and upload it to a website having been inspired by particular stories.
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Any Southerner is spoiled when it comes to food.
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There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.
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I watched the Bush administration overreact to the Clinton administration, who believed they did too much nation building, sustaining other countries, and that's why we never put the commitment on Afghanistan and Iraq that should have been in there under their policy leadership.
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After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
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I've always wanted to entertain people, and when I was in school, I was interested in creative writing, but wrestling was always there. When I ran into financial problems, I just figured when life gives you lemons, you have to make lemonade.
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Marriage is the only known example of the happy meeting of the immovable object and the irresistible force.
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Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.
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There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.
