John Shelby Spong Quotes
It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different.
John Shelby Spong
Quotes to Explore
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
Sam Houston
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
Eartha Kitt
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
D. H. Lawrence
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Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'
Vidya Balan
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To develop drugs for people, we basically dismantle the system. In the lab, we look at things the size of a cell or two. We dismantle life into very small models.
Aaron Ciechanover
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We've heard that the hookup culture is destroying us. We've heard that it's saving us. We've heard that it's racist. We've agonized over which one of these is true.
Hanna Rosin
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.
Vin Diesel
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
Gavin Newsom
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If you don't ponder the end of the world on a regular basis, I don't think you're really human.
Edan Lepucki
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I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
Fleur East
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The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
Beck
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
Rachel Zoe
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When you go for a vacation, you hit the usual spots, but staying in a country for over a month is a different experience altogether.
Nia Sharma
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I've done everything from cater, wait tables, pre-school teacher, painting, to being Cinderella, Elmo, a clown, nanny, selling hair... I would do kid's parties and entertain and do magic and paint faces and balloon animals. The highlight of my life.
Diora Baird
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I suppose, to be fair, I don't miss the energy of youth very much - because I was never fit. So it doesn't matter not being able to walk miles, striding the countryside, taking deep breaths and enjoying the scenery. That was never on my agenda.
Maeve Binchy
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I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting 'Sense and Sensibility.' It was absolutely childish of me, but I thought, 'I should be doing that. They didn't even ask me.' Some mistake, surely.
Andrew Davies
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My soul is sick with every day's report of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.
William Cowper
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It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different.
John Shelby Spong
