Evelyn Underhill Quotes
Never let yourself think that because God has given you many things to do for Himpressing routine jobs, a life full up with duties and demands of a very practical sort---that all these need separate you from communion with Him. God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament; however unexpected its outward form may be receive Him in every sight and sound, joy, pain, opportunity and sacrifice.
Quotes to Explore
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Sometimes, it's best to let the kids take control - and it's never too early to instill positive eating habits or self-confidence in the kitchen.
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It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.
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I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure about the kids. They have brown eyes and small noses.
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I'm taking one thing at a time. With the children and launching my solo career it would drive me to a nervous breakdown if I tried to organise a wedding on top of that.
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I think I can change the game.
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What else does a manager do but push buttons? He doesn't hit, he doesn't run, he doesn't throw, and he doesn't catch the ball. A manager has twenty-five players, or twenty-five buttons, and he selects which one he'll use, or push, that day. The manager who presses the right buttons most often is the one who wins the most games.
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Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.
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But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.
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Call me tacky, but I love the union of sweet and sour, even in some now-unloved Oriental dishes incorporating pineapple and ketchup.
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The snow leopard is absolutely magnificent. It represents really what endangered species are all about.
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The Internet seems to have killed American fashion in the sense that everybody has good style, but they also look vaguely the same.
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When all else fails, dress beautifully and throw your food.
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It's the way tenure works, together with dismissal protections that tenured teachers have, that no other public employee has, which makes it almost impossible to remove a grossly ineffective and incompetent teacher or, in some cases, even an abusive teacher.
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The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.
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We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.
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We of Es Toch tell a little myth, which says that in the beginning the Creator told a great lie. For there was nothing at all, but the Creator spoke, saying, It exists. And behold, in order that the lie of God might be God’s truth, the universe at once began to exist.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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Life constantly presents the greatest opportunity brilliantly disguised as the biggest disaster.
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In modern American politics, being the right kind of ignorant and entertainingly crazy is like having a big right hand in boxing; you've always got a puncher's chance.
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Never let yourself think that because God has given you many things to do for Himpressing routine jobs, a life full up with duties and demands of a very practical sort---that all these need separate you from communion with Him. God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament; however unexpected its outward form may be receive Him in every sight and sound, joy, pain, opportunity and sacrifice.
