John Shelby Spong Quotes
I believe God is real, but I believe God calls me beyond myself to take responsibility for my life and to try top work to allow other people to be themselves and to take responsibility for their lives.
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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
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Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
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Reading about Queen Victoria has been a passion of mine since, as a child, I came across Laurence Housman's play 'Happy and Glorious,' with its Ernest Shepard illustrations.
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I've always considered myself to look like a rather plain-and-exhausted bluestocking, so it's rather odd to read Tweets commenting on my appearance.
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Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.
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I have a love for Shea Stadium and its fans. I had so much fun with the fans. Yeah, they booed me. I was like, 'I know, I know.'
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Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind.
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If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.
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When it gets down to it you just have to act.
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I was a fan of Jon Jones. I thought he was great.
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You're hot for two seconds, and you're struggling to get work again. If it were easy, I don't think that's a good place for an artist to work from.
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When the last days were upon me, and the ugly trifles of existence began to drive me to madness like the small drops of water torturers let fall ceaselessly upon one spot of their victim's body, I loved the irradiate refuge of sleep. In my dreams I found a little of the beauty I had vainly sought in life, and wandered through old gardens and enchanted woods.
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I have the utmost respect and 'aloha' for black people - who have already suffered so much due to racial discrimination and acts of hatred.
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'The Leftovers' takes place three years after 2% of the population has gone missing. And it's about how that changes society. Cults form as a result, and it drastically changes home life for a lot of people, including the Garvey family, which is the family I belong to.
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I believe God is real, but I believe God calls me beyond myself to take responsibility for my life and to try top work to allow other people to be themselves and to take responsibility for their lives.
