Stanley Hauerwas Quotes
The movement that Jesus begins is constituted by people who believe that they have all the time in the world, made possible by God’s patience, to challenge the world’s impatient violence by cross and resurrection.
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I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative.
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The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds.
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I prefer more to kind of show people different things than tell them 'oh, here's what you should believe' and, over time, you can build up a rapport with your audience.
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.
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I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.
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People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.
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With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in your heart.
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It's very strange that you condemn me as a terrorist at the same time as you call on me to help you combat terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere. It doesn't make sense!
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If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
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If you love living, you try to take care of the equipment.
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You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God.
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p. 97-98: As quoted in: S.P. Sector (1997). A Study of Issues Relating to the Patentability of Biotechnological Subject Matter. Footnote 51.
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Clothes that are too tight make you look bigger. If you've been trying to shed pounds, and it doesn't go, buy the next size up. I never care what size my clothes are.
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The uncontrolled increase of the euro rate vis-a-vis the dollar threatens employment growth in the euro area.
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How that works is our first season was the year we had a threatened writers' strike, so what we did was that instead of doing 22 episodes, we did 30. We put 10 in the bank.
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No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.
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Making your Christmas cake in September is perfect, as too fresh a cake crumbles when cut.
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By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman. I hated drawing; it was for me the very worst of annoyances. Fortunately, it was not long before I secured the position I sought, that of chief electrician to the telephone company.
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I've been doing lots of trapeze, and so much of it is holding your own weight.
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There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm like 'Listen you guys, I was singing country before I even got a Broadway show. And I'm from Kentucky.'
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Commercial fishermen are the greediest, stupidest people on earth.
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The movement that Jesus begins is constituted by people who believe that they have all the time in the world, made possible by God’s patience, to challenge the world’s impatient violence by cross and resurrection.
