Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced.
Quotes to Explore
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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Misanthropy is born, I think, out of an almost oppressive sense of loneliness, a conviction that there's no one on earth who understands you. I don't think misanthropes hate people: They hate that people hate them.
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See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
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Usually, when you are an ethnic person or a trans person, in your average, everyday, unsophisticated television show, you are there for that reason. And they clearly justify and overexplain why. You very rarely see a transgender actor playing the part of a grocery-store clerk without having to say, 'Oh, look at that trans person.'
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Our policy is very clear: whatever policy will suit the people, whatever policy will suit the circumstances, whatever policy will suit my state.
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I think that what we do out on the field is oftentimes a little bit better than what men do. I don't think that we flop around as much. I think we're tough. I mean, I've got battle wounds on my legs from the turf and sliding. And we're gritty. And we're feisty. And I think that I would never back down from a guy.
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Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
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The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
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It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record.
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I think there's a connection with 'Nightcrawler' and 'Blowup' and other films where visual imagery is integral to the story. It allows you to play with images.
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Gone are the days when reality fed the feminist movement.
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The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
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I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and try to see why they're doing what they're doing, taking a dig at them ceases to be what you want to do even if you hate them.
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Saw your face, My hand you took Just like in a story book, And you got me Yeah, you‘ve got me
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I believe that whatever we do or live for has its causality; it is good, however, that we cannot see through to it.
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I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't think one has to be in place of the other.
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Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up.
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When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.
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The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced.
