Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
Church is the textured context in which we grow up in Christ to maturity. But church is difficult. Sooner or later, though, if we are serious about growing up in Christ, we have to deal with church. I say sooner.
Quotes to Explore
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I had $20,000, and I started up JYSK.
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When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
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I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.
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I came from a house full of books, so I took reading for granted. I was an outdoorsy little kid, too, so I got the best of both worlds by taking books up trees and reading there.
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Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
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I feel like comedy had a boys'-club label when we were starting.
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I adored my father.
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To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.
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The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
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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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I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.
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In general, I think you can watch a movie in two different ways. One is the ethical point of view, one is the point of view of the story.
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When we see a lack of leadership coming from the White House, that's what brings leaders in Turkey to attack Israel the way they do. When we see a lack of leadership coming from the White House, that's why we see the leader of Iran... continuing to build the nuclear reactors.
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As anyone who has started a company knows, it's pretty common not to see any income for months.
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This was our last stop. This was it. We had those two embryos that we had banked prior to learning about the breast cancer, and with the medicine she was on, this was our last effort. The prayers were answered.
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I just turned 40, and it's weird to think that I've been doing this almost my whole life. I was a child actor and then didn't do it through junior high and high school, then started up again in my late teens doing 'Young and the Restless.' Dabbled with school, went back to college, played around. I think I was doing Pleasantville at 23.
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There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.
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I am particularly interested in primary education because the state of affairs in primary education in this country is a cause for concern.
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My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
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I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. That's it.
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You grow up and change your look. I feel different from how I did in my Playboy days. Now I think I'm in charge of toning down my look or not.
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We didn't get where we are thanks to the sissy notion of resilience.
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Church is the textured context in which we grow up in Christ to maturity. But church is difficult. Sooner or later, though, if we are serious about growing up in Christ, we have to deal with church. I say sooner.
