Brennan Manning Quotes
Let us be bold enough to ask ourselves as Christians whether the Church of the Lord Jesus in the United States has anything to say to our nation and its ideologies of materialism, possessiveness, and the worship of financial security. Are we courageous enough to be a sign of contradiction to consumerism through our living faith in Jesus Christ? Are we committed enough to his gospel to become a countercurrent to the drift?
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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My biggest hero was Roman Gabriel, who was the QB of the Rams, and Roger Staubach. Those were the two guys I tired to emulate when I was little.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.
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Any threat to the health and safety of a child in any school or classroom is unacceptable.
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I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.
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I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.
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You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
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The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States.
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I have a rich, full, textured life.
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Writing is, of course, a solitary occupation. But for many writers, myself included, it's through writing that we make certain vital connections.
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Most of my inspiration comes from mistakes, so every time I make a massive mistake, that usually affects me so much that I have to process that via song.
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The Netherlands and the UK are both seafaring nations and so our ability to create jobs and to generate future growth is built on the free market.
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Our stories are different; our pain is the same.
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Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war.
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I'm always proud of what I've done and what I continue to do.
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If you're running around with a negative attitude all the time, you're going to feel down; you're going to have negative results.
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Horror films are very effective to me; they have an impact on me. I think that real life things scare me a lot more.
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I like all kinds of input.
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Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.
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My own first love was biology. I spent a great part of my adolescence in the Natural History museum in London (and I still go to the Botanic Garden almost every day, and to the Zoo every Monday). The sense of diversity-of the wonder of innumerable forms of life-has always thrilled me beyond anything else.
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Never let the mud puddle get lost in the poetry
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A short retirement urges a sweet return.
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Let us be bold enough to ask ourselves as Christians whether the Church of the Lord Jesus in the United States has anything to say to our nation and its ideologies of materialism, possessiveness, and the worship of financial security. Are we courageous enough to be a sign of contradiction to consumerism through our living faith in Jesus Christ? Are we committed enough to his gospel to become a countercurrent to the drift?
