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.
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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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Woo ah, mercy mercy me.Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no.Where did all the blue skies go?
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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 don't sing. I do everybody a favor and I don't sing.
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I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.
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In England, there is a dividing line between artists and illustrators, who are thought inferior to painters. Well, that's absolute rubbish. Some of the most creative work is being done in children's books. In Japan, everything is art. They don't say painting is better than ceramics or dress design.
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You don't fear me," he said now. She wasn't stupid enough to lie. "I'm petrified. But I figure you didn't make me come all this way just so you could push me off the roof.
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I wish I could say I had any idea what I was doing when I designed characters. I just take things I like and make my version of it.
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Not to write, for many of us, is to die. We must take ares each and every day, perhaps knowing that the battle cannot be entirely won, but fight we must, if only a gentle bout. The smallest effort to win means, at the end of each day, a sort of victory.
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I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all things to work for the greater good.
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I was good with numbers.
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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.
