Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
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There was always that kind of imagination in our house, which was always a little crazy.
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We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.
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Just as it had taken centuries to determine the true nature of the universe, so also the search for the beginning of human life proceeded well into the 20th century.
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I wanted to tell a romantic and dark side of Ottoman history that was also slightly political, saying to the previous generation of writers, 'Look, I'm interested in Ottoman things, and I'm not afraid of it, and I'm doing something creative.'
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To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic.
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Manners are love in a cool climate.
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There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them.
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I’ve watched therapy getting more and more mushy in the past fifteen years in America.... It’s become what I call coercive compassion. It’s disgusting, it’s condescending, it’s insulting, it’s coddling, it keeps everyone in an infantile condition rather than in the adult condition that was the ultimate goal of Freudian analysis.
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People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.
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Part of our pedagogy is, you report on what's going on in your neighborhood and your city.
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When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.
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The more melodies and chord changes, the less good it is for the clubs, but the better it is for radio, because it makes it really emotional.
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When I was a kid, my dream was to be an actress and to be able to jump from one world to another, to disappear into roles, that people wouldn't recognize me from one movie to another. So I feel very lucky that I have the opportunity to live that dream.
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If Dems don't stick together, we're going to lose.
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My dad was a musician. He was a singer and he played the guitar, so music was always around.
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The DISCLOSE Act is a testament to the wisdom of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. The First Amendment sought to place political speech beyond the government's control, and we can be glad that it did.
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You can't explain collateralized debt obligation in a novel - it's too draggy.
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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
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I went to a cleansing retreat in the desert where I didn't eat for eight days and experienced hunger-driven hallucinations.
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When you are part of a megachurch you have no responsibility to anybody else.
