Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
The Spirit works through community. Somebody will have a stupid, screwy idea. That's okay. The point of having creeds and confessions and traditions is to keep us in touch with the obvious errors.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
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Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.
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With love and patience, nothing is impossible.
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I think my confidence has developed over the years in terms of the speed at which I will reveal how collaborative I want to be.
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Dem Bunde der Künstler einen bestimmten Zweck geben, das heisst ein dürftiges Institut an die Stelle des ewigen Vereins setzen; das heisst die Gemeinde der Heiligen zum Staat erniedrigen.
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But since he hadThe genuis to be loved, why let him haveThe justice to be honoured in his grave.
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There isn't another other sex. (p. 254)
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'You do well. Method and order, they are everything,' replied Poirot.
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A change of season calls for a change of scent that is both energizing and refreshing.
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We all pretend, we all hide things, so why not take the concept to an extreme? That is the basic idea for the character of Dexter. Pretend to be human, while quietly and carefully living out the life of a monster on the side.
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'Black Hawk Down' has such distinctive visual aplomb that its jingoism starts to feel like part of its atmosphere.
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I don't know why my smile has become a signature pose. I think it's a nice change. I think people want to see happiness, so a smile is what can bring that. I didn't make it my trademark on purpose.
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I used to watch my grandmother make fancy, Julia Child-style beef bourguignon. And growing up in New York City, I was exposed to many cultures. I experimented with Puerto Rican and Jamaican food.
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I don't believe in privacy. I mean, I like the idea of privacy, but I don't believe that it happens anymore. I think privacy is something, I am afraid, we seem to be waving goodbye to.
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Growing up in the industry, sometimes you can feel as if you're not having a normal childhood, but I feel like my parents involved me with a lot of people who made things as 'okay' as they possibly could.
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I never know when chat-up lines are happening! I don't hear them enough. I don't get hit on enough.
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For PSP, we play the 'SOCOM' game as a team on the plane, and it's pretty cool because you can connect to everyone.
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The Spirit works through community. Somebody will have a stupid, screwy idea. That's okay. The point of having creeds and confessions and traditions is to keep us in touch with the obvious errors.
