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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I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.
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First the masters died, now their music is dying, because people only want to listen to pop, rock, and punk.
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As much as I hate auditioning - it's so hard and awkward - it's way better to walk out of that room and win a role because of what you did.
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Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.
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I was taught to respect everyone for the simple reason that we're all God's children. I was taught, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.... to judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character. And I was taught that character...is simply doing what's right when nobody's looking.
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No step taken in faith is wasted, not by a God who makes all things new.
