Russell Banks Quotes
For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.
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It's funny how the smallest things I've done speak the loudest about me, but I like that.
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The world is the true classroom. The most rewarding and important type of learning is through experience, seeing something with our own eyes.
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In committing to artistic growth, you have to refine your skills to support your instincts.
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The artists I look up to are the ones who push their own limits.
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All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.
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We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.
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Artists are most themselves when they are out of their minds, transcending the ego skirmishes of conceptual thought, and intuitively relinquishing control to the greater Creator.
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One would hope that you would have a CBO director who does not let ideology get in the way of making good estimates, [Congress] values having a credible institution that they can rely on to give them the best estimates possible.
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I pray every day, several times. It soothes me. I don't ask for anything, except for health.
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You’ll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don’t want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there.” He held out his hand to shake Harry’s, but Harry didn’t take it. “I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks,” he said coolly.
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To serve the Word is to fulfill the highest function of which man is capable.
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The human spirit fails, except when the Holy Spirit fills.
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Tennis is interesting because the women are almost more popular than the men. In the U.S. Open, women even get exactly the same money as the men.
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I'm very wary of fawning too much over heroes. There's an old adage that heroes are best kept at arm's length, and in a few instances in my life, that's been true.
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It is hardly possible to maintain seriously that the evil done by science is not altogether outweighed by the good. For example, if ten million lives were lost in every war, the net effect of science would still have been to increase the average length of life.
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Unfortunately, only a small number of patients with peptic ulcer are financially able to make a pet of an ulcer.
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Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.
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Thinking about forgiving is not enough. You must come to a moment when you say, "With God's help I now forgive."
