Huston Smith Quotes
Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the only way to put it. But it's my way. So the kernels are the same. However, the shells are different.
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After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics.
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I knew what I wanted to do in sport from the age of nine.
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My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
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History is obviously dependent on the evidence, and it's always amazing to me how much evidence there is.
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A mom has to be ready for anything.
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I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.
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Asia is the continent rhythm forgot. At best Asian music is off-brand American pop, like Sonny Bono in a karaoke bar. At worst Asian music sounds as if a truck full of wind chimes collided with a stack of empty oil drums during a birdcall contest.
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Thus, our national circulating medium is now at the mercy of loan transactions of banks, which lend, not money, but promises to supply money they do not possess
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When we depend upon organizations, we get what organizations can do. But when we depend upon prayer, we get what God can do.
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A leading scholar of Basra visited Rabi'a al-Adawiyya while she was ill.
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I'm very excited. The 12-year-old me is kicking myself.
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He was chugging brown pop from a can Jack had handed him while he stuffed nacho cheese Doritos in his face. I was glad to see he looked lots better, almost completely like himself, which proves Doritos and brown pop really are health foods.
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We're dealing with such enormous problems today that we have no other choice but to work together. If Iraq fails, if a religious civil war breaks out and the neighboring states are drawn into this conflict, if the Kurds declare independence and al-Qaida takes over an entire province - that's when the consequences will be dramatic.
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Recently I have noticed football banners representing other clubs, such as Derby and Leeds, appearing.
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I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.
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He who knoweth the reader, doeth nothing more for the reader. Another century of readers - and spirit itself will stink.
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I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
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Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the only way to put it. But it's my way. So the kernels are the same. However, the shells are different.
