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 never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
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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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I was in the death struggle with self: God and Satan fought for my soul those three long hours. God conquered - now I have only one doubt left - which of the twain was God?
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I am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It’s an unpardonable sin as far as I’m concerned, taking out personal business or some other kind of dissatisfaction on a waiter or busboy.
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The meaning of socialism is that life is dominated not by the contrast of rich and poor but by rank as determined by achievement and ability. That is our kind of freedom: freedom from the economic capriciousness of the individual.
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One thing I do understand is that people get scared when I start thinking out loud.
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It?s been a bitter pill to swallow.
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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.
