Stanley Hauerwas Quotes
It’s hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God’s new age, a kingdom of surprise.
Quotes to Explore
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I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
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I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
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England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.
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Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
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I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.
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I do think grand gestures are a hit and miss, especially for girls.
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I was falsely arrested twice, slandered and defamed.
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Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.
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When I was growing up, I was told you could be anything you want to be, but I didn't really believe that because you couldn't be president. Like, I knew that; we never had a black president.
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The Indian audience is getting exposed to world cinema and realising the power of unique plots and distinct characters.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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The most important thing is to make the technology inclusive - make the world change. Next, pay attention to those people who are 30 years old, because those are the internet generation. They will change the world; they are the builders of the world.
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And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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A wonderful physical tie binds the parents to the children; and - by some sad, strange irony - it does not bind us children to our parents. For if it did, if we could answer their love not with gratitude but with equal love, life would lose much of its pathos and much of its squalor, and we might be wonderfully happy.
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There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law.
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I'm an enormous fan of Thomas Bernhard's books, and I like the relentless feeling in his work - the pursuit of darkness, the negative - and I think in some sense I've internalised that as what one is supposed to do.
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There are several kinds of land on reservations. And all of these pieces of land have different entities who are in charge of enforcing laws on this land.
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I was raised playing music in coffeehouses and I feel that was the foundation for my career. I think it is important that we remember where we came from.
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Institutions like mutual funds often worry that if they disclose their plans to buy a stock, copycats will move quickly and drive up the stock before the purchase is completed.
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The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation.
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It’s hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God’s new age, a kingdom of surprise.
