John Polkinghorne Quotes
God is not a God of the edges, with a vested interest in beginnings. God is the God of the whole show.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mom or my dad. I would never tell them that these songs are about them or which specific lyric is about somebody. Often, when I sit down to write a lyric, it is in the heat of the moment, and something has just happened.
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If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about driving after a couple of bottles of very nice wine. For me that's the ideal combination: working hard and enjoying the fruits of your labour.
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Everything I do now is a first.
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I am the bridge between the East and the West. I don't want to abandon one for the other.
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I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.
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I love going to theatres and seeing honest little indie films I know nothing about... being surprised by a beautiful film I had no expectations about but just got lost in. I'd like to do more well-written indies. I don't know exactly what my dream role will be yet, but it's somewhere within that realm.
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I sold a bunch of stuff. I sold Omaha Steaks, vacation packages... the worst, though, was Time Life Books, because no one wants Time Life Books. No one wants an 'Encyclopedia Brittanica' showing up at their house.
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Any perjury case is a tough case. You just don't go on 'he said-she said.' You have to find corroborating evidence.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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Endorphins are a very powerful thing.
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We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war.
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I would like to be a terrorist for music education - to make a complete reform, all over the world.
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Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.
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Baltimore is permissiveness. The pleasures of the flesh, the table, the bottle, and the purse are tolerated with a civilized understanding.
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A private relationship of worshiping God is the greatest essential element of spiritual fitness.
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I live inside God's dream for me. I don't try to tell God what I'm supposed to do. . . God can dream a bigger dream for you than you can dream for yourself.
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Religion is no test of nationality, but a personal matter between man and his God.
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When you first sit down to write the first song, until you've maybe got three or four under your belt, it's always, to me, like a mountain to climb. You look at that one blank piece of paper and you think, `God, how many songs do I have to write here?' It always feels like pressure.
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God is not a God of the edges, with a vested interest in beginnings. God is the God of the whole show.
