Rachel Grace Held (Rachel Held Evans) Quotes
We are not spared death, but the power of death has been defeated. The grip of sin has been loosed. We are invited to share the victory, to follow the path of God back to life.
Quotes to Explore
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I imagine that yes is the only living thing.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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Whenever you're in any acting role you are mortgaging your own character.
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I will always be the way I was a couple years ago before anything happened. And that's to my parents' credit, my amazing parents who have been around me my whole life and raised me right. I'm very happy with what has happened so far.
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.
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I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.
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It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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When you grow up in the country in France, you have small horizons.
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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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Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject.
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I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
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'...there were some things that were true, and some things that were trite; but what was true was trite, and what was not trite was not true...'
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I do think that my generation is really smart and wants to have political conversations, and so I hope that we can continue spreading our ideas and being able to change how our systems work. So, I guess being an all-American to me is being someone who questions things.
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Every blade of grass, every insect, ant, and golden bee, all so amazingly know their path, though they have not intelligence, they bear witness to the mystery of God and continually accomplish it themselves.
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The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
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Life is a full-contact sport, and there's a score up on the board.
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We are not spared death, but the power of death has been defeated. The grip of sin has been loosed. We are invited to share the victory, to follow the path of God back to life.
