Steve Buscemi (Steven Vincent Buscemi) Quotes
Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?
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At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.
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The kingdom of heaven is like electricity. You don't see it. It is within you.
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I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.
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Each one prays to God according to his own light.
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He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
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The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.
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When there's change, and people fear things, they become more dogmatic in their views. They lash out: you can see it in the media, scapegoating and penal sentencing.
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I found that being online has opened a window for me to look into other people's lives... The greatest fear that I have is losing touch.
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Abraham was the first to teach the Unity of God, to establish the faith, to cause it to remain among coming generations, and to win his fellow-men to his doctrine; as Scripture says of him: 'I know him, that he will command,' &c. (Gen. xviii. 19)
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The tree looks like a dog, barking at heaven.
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Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts:Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering pouredAvails; no altars hath he, nor is soothedBy hymns of praise. From him alone of allThe powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.
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'I never believed in God before.' - that I understand. But not: 'I never really believed in Him before.'
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When life is good and we have no problems, we can almost let ourselves believe we have no need for God. But in my experience, sometimes the richest blessings come through pain and hard things.
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God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
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Whatever hardships there have been in my life I still live in a very privileged position. Fear is not knowing where your next meal is coming from. Fear is seeing a child get hurt. Fear is watching someone you love waste away. Fear is knowing you are going to die yourself. But there's no fear in what I do. I write books.
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I'm not pugnacious or argumentative. I'd probably feel fear going into a pub in the Outback.
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My view is that science only has something to say about a very particular notion of God, which goes by the name of 'god of the gaps'.
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I think science is about the search for God; it just comes at it from a different angle than religion.
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I have the same pet peeve as Anderson Cooper, which is bare feet in public. I hate it. It so grosses me out, especially in New York. Oh my God, New York in the summer with people and their feet in their sandals and their flip-flops, like get it away!
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Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being a Catholic.
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Our parents were really, really grounded people but also really ambitious people, meaning they saw our ambition and were willing to help us chase it.
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The whole conversation of my work has to do with power and who has it.
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If I have a pocket, then I'll have lip balm, my keys, and $10 cash.
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Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?
