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		Obviously, you're trying to peel through 20 centuries of theology, speculations, church doctrine and storytelling. I'm trying to get back to the absolute basic story of who was Jesus, what did he say, what was he teaching, and what did he do.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jay Parini 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Fleming 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zach Johnson 
			 
			
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		I had $20,000, and I started up JYSK. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abdolkarim Soroush 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. O. Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		[T]he truth is you don't need some external demon to take control of you to turn you into a raging, money-obsessed sociopath, you only need to let loose the demons you already have inside of you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jay-Z 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are all so busy and constantly trying to save time and balance everything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		At the opening of the Odyssey, Telemachus, inspired by the male-born Athena, searches for his father by turning against his mother. Jesus too publicly spurns his mother to be about his father’s business. Male adulthood begins with the breaking of female chains. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camille Paglia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's really important to stay engaged and involved in the character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Ogden Stiers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I directed one of my shorts that did festivals around the world, and that was great. I've got a bit of a bug for that now. I just hope I keep challenging myself and keep doing stuff that interests me with people who I respect and who teach me stuff. If I can keep doing that in anything - acting, writing, directing or whatever - I'll do it because life is short. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Josh Lawson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Obviously, you're trying to peel through 20 centuries of theology, speculations, church doctrine and storytelling. I'm trying to get back to the absolute basic story of who was Jesus, what did he say, what was he teaching, and what did he do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jay Parini