Rachel Grace Held (Rachel Held Evans) Quotes
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The difference between eccentricity and originality in historical studies is often difficult to detect at first encounter. When a radically new interpretation of a large segment of history makes its appearance, time is needed to sift the evidence.
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I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather, it has degrees and stages of development. It is like a seed growing into a fully grown, fruit-bearing tree; like the sun's image in a mirror or in a drop of water to its images on the sea's surface and to the sun itself.
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The imperial province should have a university, the prefectures should have colleges, and the counties should have day schools.
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I believe that, too, it's hard to believe that anybody could not believe that.
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We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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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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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions.
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I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
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I came to running late. It was something I had always wanted to do, but I always end up getting hurt. It didn't occur to me that I could actually slow down and walk a little bit!
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I have a couture body.
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And I love the twist. I love to fool you once, I love to fool you twice, and on the very last page, quite often - very last paragraph sometimes - I like to just play with your perception one more time in a way that makes everything that came before just a little bit different.
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To empty the heart does not mean to not love. On the contrary, true love, as God intented it, is purest when it is not based on a false attachment. The process of first emptying the heart can be found in the beginning half of the shahada (declaration of faith).
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I think it's a really powerful time right now for women. There's a lot to say and women are being heard…
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My faith experience, well, as you can imagine, you need a lot of faith to raise five boys.
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No step taken in faith is wasted, not by a God who makes all things new.
