Rachel Grace Held (Rachel Held Evans) Quotes
But if the world is watching, we might as well tell the truth. And the truth is, the church doesn't offer a cure. It doesn't offer a quick fix. The church offers death and resurrection. The church offers the messy, inconvenient, gut-wrenching, never-ending work of healing and reconciliation.

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I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, 'I let go and I'm going to let the cards fall where they fall... For a control freak, it's hard.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
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In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.
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Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.
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For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.
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They can't pooh-pooh me now, because of who I am.
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Do not get elated at any victory, for all such victory is subject to the will of God.
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I wouldn't just lay my voice on anything. But I'd love to do a collaboration, like a Calvin Harris track, for example.
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Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And we will not abandon this plan until the end.
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We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.
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I haven't always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.
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Man is aware; he perceives and interprets the world around him. When he uses logic as a tool for interpretation, it becomes science; when he uses feelings for interpretation, it becomes poetry; when he takes a longer view of his observations, it becomes wisdom.
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I go in full with my heart.
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I'm overwhelmed by and in awe of the work that I do. I adore my work. I live to work.
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But if the world is watching, we might as well tell the truth. And the truth is, the church doesn't offer a cure. It doesn't offer a quick fix. The church offers death and resurrection. The church offers the messy, inconvenient, gut-wrenching, never-ending work of healing and reconciliation.