Madeleine L'Engle Quotes
It takes a lot of intellect to have faith, which is why so many people only have religiosity.... I'm against people taking the Bible absolutely literally, rather than letting some of it be real fantasy, like Jonah... Faith is best expressed in story.Madeleine L'Engle
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
Bebe Moore Campbell -
In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
Pankaj Mishra -
The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition.
Gary Lineker -
Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Why pay a fee for Internet content when a million free sites are just a click away? There's no incentive until people are too addicted to the Net to turn off their computers, yet are bored with what's available.
Nathan Myhrvold -
My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
Nathan Lane
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A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
C. S. Forester -
Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.
Victoria Osteen -
The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
Edith Sitwell -
When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
Randy Houser -
I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
B. B. King -
The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
Jackson Katz
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde -
It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records.
Kaskade -
I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
Zinedine Zidane -
I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did.
Fran Drescher -
The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
Flip Wilson -
I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
Sam Hunt
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I don't write genre stuff in any form. I'm not interested in it. I always try to do the opposite of that.
Charlie Kaufman -
Only choices made in love are compassionate. There are no exceptions. Do you have the courage to act with an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome? If not, you have no ability to give or experience compassion. That is the shocking truth.
Gary Zukav -
I can't imagine people telling me what to do - I just can't imagine it.
Jane Campion -
When money functions as measure of value it must truly represent the values it helps to circulate.
David Harvey -
Does the devil know he is a devil?
Elizabeth Madox Roberts -
It takes a lot of intellect to have faith, which is why so many people only have religiosity.... I'm against people taking the Bible absolutely literally, rather than letting some of it be real fantasy, like Jonah... Faith is best expressed in story.
Madeleine L'Engle