Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
A person has to get fed up with the ways of the world before he, before she acquires an appetite for the world of grace.
Quotes to Explore
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The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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French men can be very tough too, you know... Real bad boys move in silence, as we know, so you don't have to be loud and muscular to be scary, actually.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy; but I felt bound by the things of this world.
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At the resurrection, there will be the return of spirits to their bodies, the revivification of the bodies, and the remaking of the bodies.
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And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
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I don't get claustrophobic.
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Your father's an asshole. It's not a disease. You don't have to catch it.
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Wedding Singer taught us we shouldnt be afraid of making people feel emotional in the middle of the movie, rather than just dealing with comedy.
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Cooperation with tyranny should not be embraced for the sake of profits.
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Kobe is going to have a lot of detractors. Unfortunately, we are not 10 games over .500. We are going to be in the playoffs, that says something about his performance.
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I'm really disappointed that they did not make it.
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We here in Egypt are fed up with U.S. colonialism.
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When God interrupts your life, He is calling you to follow Him in a new way. By breaking into your settled pattern, He is moving you to a new place where you can make fresh discoveries of His grace. Embracing God’s call is never easy, but this is where the pursuit of a God-centered life begins, and where the shame of a self-centered life is exposed.
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And I know that God and His grace are sufficient for the moment I find myself in. When I wake up tomorrow, whatever the challenges, I know God will be there and will provide His grace. This is my hope. This is my strength.
