Erwin McManus Quotes
The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves when we connect to others. Without community we don't know who we are... When we live outside of healthy community, we not only lose others. We lose ourselves...Who we understand ourselves to be is dramatically affected for better or worse by those we hold closest to us.
Quotes to Explore
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Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
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As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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LazyTown' is not a TV property, but a lifestyle brand for children.
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Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden.
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I'm not averse to telling people off.
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To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.
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It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
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Hollywood is a community that's so inbred, it's a wonder the children have any teeth.
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Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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The girls want to see the rips on your stomach - they like that.
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I just want to write a great lyric and write a great song, and everything else is icing on the cake.
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Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.
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It takes two guys on a team to do very well in the end and be successful.
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The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn't just happen. You don't wake up one day and discover you're a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player. It takes time.
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The community of man should be treated in the same way you would treat your community of brothers or fellow citizens.
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The establishment of the world community will surely exact a price – and who can tell what that price may be? – in toil, suffering and blood.
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For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world. Thrillers like 'Coma,' 'The Hunt for Red October' and 'The Firm' all captivated me by providing glimpses into realms about which I knew very little - medical science, submarine technology and the law.
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The [Elian] raid... was almost worth it, if only to watch Jesse Jackson...defending an armed pre-dawn raid by the US government on a minority household.
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The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves when we connect to others. Without community we don't know who we are... When we live outside of healthy community, we not only lose others. We lose ourselves...Who we understand ourselves to be is dramatically affected for better or worse by those we hold closest to us.
