John Shelby Spong Quotes
Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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My whole life, people have been saying, Why are you so angry?
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General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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It's been tough for me being away from the game.
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I'm a very anxious, nervy kind of loser in many ways, and I get very stressed and a little tense.
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There's no way you can predict what is going to happen in six months or two years in most businesses, and certainly not for businesses that are growing at the rate that we have grown.
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I think anyone that isn't fired up right now shouldn't probably be out here.
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I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
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I don't think I would take the game with the same mentality that I do now if I hadn't been injured.
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When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's going to happen when you have a difference of opinion. Most attempts at collaboration never survive the negotiation. Merely being agreeable is not enough.
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An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
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You might expect that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists would be there and they are.
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
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People always ask, 'Do you wanna do movies; do you wanna do other things?' But they haven't fired me from 'OLTL' yet. When that happens, I'll make that choice.
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Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.
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To be born again means that we must be changed from a negative to a positive self-image - from inferiority to self-esteem, from fear to love, from doubt to trust.
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The great thing about Pete and Peggy's storyline is that you barely have to do anything. There's so much there, so much history, that you can have them exchange a look and it's so loaded. So you honestly don't have to do anything.
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I love doing kitchen renovations where we're opening up the kitchen and creating open-concept main floors. I think that's one renovation that really changes the way people live in their homes.
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Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.
