Stanley Hauerwas Quotes
No powers determine our lives more completely than those we think we have under our control.
Quotes to Explore
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For nearly a century and a half, this country deluded itself into thinking that its greatest calamity, the Civil War, had nothing to do with one of its greatest sins, enslavement. It deluded itself in this manner despite available evidence to the contrary.
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I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign.
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I believe that Orthodoxy has been thinking lately, and despite other impressions, that we can't have full sacramental communion if we don't first have a fundamental agreement on the question of the primacy, that still isn't there.
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Much of the traditional thinking about cash is well intentioned but unrealistic. Should you have six months of living expenses in the bank for emergencies? Sure. Do you? Probably not.
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I lived for four years in the 1930s with these individuals and the only time that I wasn't thinking about dealing with physical suffering is when I was working on this book. I've never been more alive as when I worked on this book.
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Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.
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My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall.
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I don't think anyone gets married thinking that they will get divorced.
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As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking.
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Thinking of the sun makes my heart beat faster - too fast! What darkness! From this night winter begins.
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My mind is always going. I'm always thinking what I need to do, what I haven't done, what I did do, what I didn't do as well as I could - I'm relentless that way with myself.
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All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on some of it.
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Thinking about the cold weather in England... Don't be afraid to rock the David Niven look.
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It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.
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What I've learned from different designers is that it's key to be true to who you are and your vision. That's always been my line of thinking. Working through the whole design process, I don't want to create something I wouldn't be proud to wear.
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I'm thinking of slowing down on modeling and branching out to other things. I want to pursue some new and old dreams and start making them happen.
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They don't like thinking in medical school. They memorize - that's all they want you to do. You must not think.
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I'm thinking about being the best I can be at ESPN in the studio.
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I don't think school reform should be motivated by missionary zeal. I think it should be motivated by evidence of what works. I have been critical of Teach For America in the past but I think one of the things about their model that's interesting is that they're constantly looking at it and whether what they're doing works and reassessing their model, and making changes. So to the extent that I believe everyone in the education sector should be looking at evidence, reassessing, making tweaks to figure out what works, I think it's a positive model.
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There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible.
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I wasn't driven. I just really loved what I did.
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Feminism is a political mistake. Feminism is a mistake made by women's intellect, a mistake which her instinct will recognize.
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No powers determine our lives more completely than those we think we have under our control.
