Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.
Quotes to Explore
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
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I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business history.
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Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can infuse it with youthful vigor.
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I believe in numbers and signs.
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The forces of division have begun to raise their ugly head again … It reminds me: We've got a tragic history when it comes to race in this country. A lot of pent-up anger and mistrust and bitterness. This country wants to move beyond these kinds of things.
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I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, I like their vivacity, and I like their silence.
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Right knows no boundaries and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution.
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For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it.
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There was never a time when I wasn't making guitars out of cardboard or dressing up like the Misfits.
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I think that fanaticism is terrific. As long as you don't have to live with it. Oh, yes, nobody should marry a writer.
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I don't know how to function without music. When I'm not making it, I'm listening to it. It gives me courage and takes care of my mind.
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The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats and kept very clean.
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New York has changed amazingly; it's gentrified everywhere, and it's a much gentler place.
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I love portobello mushrooms. I often say that if I were vegetarian, I would live off of these. Now, it would never happen, but it's still nice to know that they exist. So meaty, so flavorful.
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Yonkers made me strong and made me believe in myself, because so many people would doubt you and not believe. There are people that would believe in you, but the environment was so harsh, nobody wanted you to get out, you know?
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The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the eyebrows almost as much as the suggestion of bringing them up to the Stage.
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Love is boundary-less.
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I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.
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Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.
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When I wake up, I'll go through emails on my iPhone - the junk email. At that point, my brain isn't usually awake enough to handle anything more than that.
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Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.
