D. Elton Trueblood Quotes
We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief.
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Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.
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The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
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I watch a lot of television. I always have.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
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Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
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As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.
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Making films is my hobby. It relaxes me; it is my life, and it's one of the best jobs in the world. I go to work and solve problems, fight robots, kill aliens, and kiss beautiful women. I'm a very lucky man.
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Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
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There are definitely - there is definitely an element of Donald Trump's support that has its basis in racism or xenophobia. But a lot of these folks are just really hardworking people who are struggling in really important ways.
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There are still so many movies made starring 50 men and one woman! A white male actor should never be allowed to complain about anything. Shut up and sit in the corner. I mean, seriously!
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I do have the personnel that we use in the back of my head when I'm working, but I also don't want to limit myself.
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I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
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If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.
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If you're in a conversation with me, the last thing I'll probably say when I'm walking away is, 'Thank you and sorry.'
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.
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It is the genus that gives the characters, and not the characters that make the genus.
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If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome change.
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When certain people have certain beliefs, they can be unyielding, and that's really what faith is. There's a large place in the world for faith, but when it comes to a scientific, political, and economic issue, dogma is not a very good place to start.
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I couldn't tell her. I couldn't tell anyone. As long as I didn't say it aloud, it wasn't real.
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We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief.
