R.J. Rushdoony Quotes
A man's faith governs the totality of his life, or else his professed faith is not his real faith.
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From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation.
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I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.
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If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
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I'm not the sort of person who wants to live my life doing just one thing. I like to go around and do as many things as possible.
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Mr. Norrell is like a librarian trying to do magic... That's the story of my career, really. I stand next to good looking men and make them look better!
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For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.
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'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.
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I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
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According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the road, playing percussion. Between 8 and 12, my dad sort of prepared me by teaching me every aspect of road life.
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I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad people do good things, and there's beauty in horror and horror in beauty.
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A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.
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I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've always thought that it's counterproductive to have a theory on that.
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You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't.
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I feel like my life has been very serendipitous and really kind of humorous. Everything that's happened to me has been like an, 'Omigod, are you kidding me?'
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The best thing anyone can do in life is to give opportunities to a child.
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The idea that addiction is somehow a psychological illness is, I think, totally ridiculous. It's as psychological as malaria. It's a matter of exposure. People, generally speaking, will take any intoxicant or any drug that gives them a pleasant effect if it is available to them.
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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I don't need music to write, but sometimes I put music on. I don't need special clothes or even my own equipment.
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And every dew-drop paints a bow.
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A man's faith governs the totality of his life, or else his professed faith is not his real faith.
