Oliver D. Crisp Quotes
I recommend Doug Sweeney's recent book [Jonathan] Edwards the Exegete (Oxford University Press, 2015), which is a terrific treatment of the way in which Edwards was steeped in the Bible, so that it shaped the whole of his thinking.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
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I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.
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Fred Segal was founded - by none other than Fred Segal - as a tiny jeans retailer in 1968. In the 1970s Segal, began selling space to employees, starting with his nephew Ron Herman.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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It's hard to kill that father-son bond.
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I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.
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I was Irish; I was a woman. Yet night after night, bent over the table, I wrote in forms explored and sealed by English men hundreds of years before. I saw no contradiction.
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You feel like you're really a part of a movement when you're singing Journey at a karaoke bar.
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When I started off in music, I started with a real innocence, a real love for the instrument, the writing the songs, the playing the songs and the sharing and the recording and experimenting. It was exciting. Then, this thing called success came, and something happened at some point where I became disenchanted, and I lost the innocence.
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The word 'art' does not designate the concept of a mere eventuality; it is a concept of rank.
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I'd say the purest experience for the movie is not to have read the book because I think when you've read the book you're just ticking off boxes. I think that after you see the movie, reading the book is a cool thing. I always say the movie's not meant to replace the book. That's ridiculous. I'm a huge fan of the book.
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Enforcement priorities and arrest patterns must not lead to disparate treatment under the law, even if such treatment is unintended. And police forces should reflect the diversity of the communities they serve.
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I recommend Doug Sweeney's recent book [Jonathan] Edwards the Exegete (Oxford University Press, 2015), which is a terrific treatment of the way in which Edwards was steeped in the Bible, so that it shaped the whole of his thinking.
