Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
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Whereas, generally speaking, zinc reacts suitably only with the first members of the alkyl iodides, with magnesium it is possible to use bromides, iodides, and in many cases, chlorides.
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I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.
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I draft tweets, like, 20 times.
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Look to the Bible and not your feelings as the basis of the Christian life.
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Our salvation comes to us so easily because it cost God so much.
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Like your booty don't stink.
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I wasn't trying to be rich or famous; I was trying to figure out what is this thing in me that won't let me sleep that makes me restless and makes me keep pushing. I was trying to discover who I was.
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For years, I've had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions: the postal system, lightning rods, the constitution. He was a rock star before there was such a thing.
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I must remember that a good friend is a new world.
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I am like the Jack Nicholson of the Kings - every single game. If there was a game tonight I wouldn't be here. I used to play hockey. That was my original thing. My first thing, I wanted to play professional hockey
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But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.
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I now see that sorrow, being the supreme emotion of which man is capable, is at once the type and test of all great art.
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Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience.
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These facts make the creator of music a being like the gods, and make music itself the supreme mystery of human knowledge.
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I've never tried to work chronologically. I don't think I have the discipline to do that.
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Of all animals, the outward form of the Lion is the most striking ; his look is bold and confident; his gait proud; and his voice terrible ; and from his great strength and agility, is usually styled the king of beasts.
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There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
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Pastors are highly susceptible to the sin of sloth.
