Karen Armstrong Quotes
People would continue to adopt a particular conception of the divine because it worked for them, not because it was scientifically or philosophically sound.
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Because I'm in the public eye, I think that I would prefer to date someone regular who isn't in the news all the time, but I think even if you date someone regular, they'll still put it in the news.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I know the Russian political elite has got used to the Ukraine suffering from an inferiority complex, but I want this to disappear from our relationship.
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Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?
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I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
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Allowing adult children who live at home who are in between jobs to stay on their parents' health care, I think that's a lot of Republican support for that, with or without Obamacare.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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The E.U. can deliver on its citizens' needs and make its partnerships work only if we all act together - E.U. institutions and national governments, at all levels, united.
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When girls bully, it's very subtle, and you can't define it. At least with boys, the bullying is usually explicit, and you can deal with it. It's psychological with girls.
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Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.
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I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
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Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
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When you make 'The Daily Show', it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart.
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If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do & do it yourself.
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When I was a sophomore, a friend asked me to go to a local acting seminar with him. Two guys were very interested in me and wanted me to come out to L.A. I wanted to finish high school before doing anything like that. I figured they’d just forget about me, but they kept after me for two years.
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I wish I was a shredder that could play everything, but I don't have the patience.
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I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of novelists are snots. They're just mean people. I'm not a terribly skilled stylist, nor do I want to be. I want a lot of people to read one of my stories and go, 'That was pretty cool.'
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People would continue to adopt a particular conception of the divine because it worked for them, not because it was scientifically or philosophically sound.
