Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
When we submit our lives to what we read in scripture, we find that we are not being led to see God in our stories but our stories in God's. God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves.
Quotes to Explore
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I do really silly dancing. I love dancing, but I'm not cool when I dance. It's not about my moves, it's not about how cool I am, it's not about how slick I look on the dance floor, it's about having a great time.
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This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
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So it must be my mental, because sometimes when I start on the tee, I still worry about whether my ball is going to hit right or left.
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I do know what it's like to worry about bills, I do know what it's like to worry about even finding a child-minder, never mind paying them.
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Let us distinguish between acting intentionally and acting deliberately or on purpose, as far as this can be done by attending to what language can teach us.
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I had cut a typing class because I hated to type, and I still don't know how to type, but now I can afford to have people type for me.
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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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We - we need strength, we need energy, we need quickness and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
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When I decide to score, I score. I know I am strong, but I believe it is not enough yet. I can kick fine, dribble very well, but I still have to improve.
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I call The National my family, and I'll be doing that as long as I want to.
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
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Blue Tongue Films is a very important part of my life.
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If both John McCain and Obama were given a sip of truth serum, both would admit they made serious mistakes in choosing running mates in 2008.
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I did a modeling gig for Burberry once, and it was a great experience, but no I am not a model. I want to be a model because it's a lot easier than acting.
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I'd like to do a hundred different films.
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You have some people that's weak, and you have some people that's strong. I consider myself a very strong person.
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There's so many misconceptions about me and my personality. People think I'm not a nice person, you know, or maybe a diva; not just about me, but the misconceptions of other models as well, or supermodels.
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The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
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So they've laughed and then they've thought, should we have laughed at that? Well, too late now. You did. I imagine I get more than my fair share of that.
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We have new ways to be born, humane and symbolic ways to die, different ways to be rich... new ways to be human and to discover what we are to each other.
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I'm happy unless I'm not happy. And I think this is the thing with grief, there is no rhyme or reason to it and it's been completely different to how I thought it was going to be.
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I wrote my children's book because I believe there are children that are hurting and may need to know that there is love out there for them- God's love.
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When we submit our lives to what we read in scripture, we find that we are not being led to see God in our stories but our stories in God's. God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves.
