Rowan Williams (Rowan Douglas Williams) Quotes
Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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I was an expert horseman.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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Sport's hard: the margin between winning and losing is tiny.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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I have a great office.
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I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.
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But since I am in the music industry, I don't want anyone to download music, not on September 9th.
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A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dixie Chicks album.
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For me, there's nothing better than curling up in my favorite blanket on a cloudy or rainy day and just knit. Especially in front of the fireplace.
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I was very fortunate to grow up with parents who love to travel, so I traveled from a young age. My dad's a heart surgeon and goes to conferences all over the world. By the time I was seven, I traveled outside the country for the first time. We went to Paris. The next year, we went to London, and then Brussels.
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One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.
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I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
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Let me but make a beginning, let me but strike the world in a vulnerable spot, and I can take it by storm.
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..the classical aesthetic offers us at the same time a method of thinking and a method of wanting to be, a moral and at the same time a psychology.. .The classical tradition as a whole, by the logic of the effort and the greatness of results, is in some way parallel with the religious tradition of humanity.
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I believe it to be a fact that the colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.
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When I get a script that has the opportunity to create discussion and inspire young girls, I don't want to say no to that... I just want to contribute.
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An activist is someone who makes an effort to see problems that are not being addressed and then makes an effort to make their voice heard. Sometimes there are so many things that it's almost impossible to make your voice heard in every area, but you can sure try.
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Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.
