Michael Emerson Quotes
In part because they had no choice, right? If you were a slave, you did what the master said. And they said to worship: "You're going to worship with us."
Quotes to Explore
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I always start a play by calling the characters A, B, and C.
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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It always feels good to put something you're proud of out in the world.
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There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so when nice things happen to you, you're not really allowed to enjoy them.
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Base thy life on principle, not on rules.
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Any work of science, no matter what its point of departure, cannot become fully convincing until it crosses the boundary between the theoretical and the experimental: Experimentation must give way to argument, and argument must have recourse to experimentation.
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Prayer is an effort of will.
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The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human being from having one.
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THE HEART'S DEAD ARE NEVER BURIED.
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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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Habit is formed out of memory... We often shape our present situation according to those habitual memories. Instead of starting fresh, we go back to what we've done in the past... easier for us than fighting our way through foreign territory.
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I never feel more at home than at a ballgame.
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It was a miracle; it was all a miracle: and one ought to have known, from the sufferings of saints, that miracles are horror.
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What we are seeing in America is the creaky old age of an eighteenth-century settlement, deemed at the time to be the new flowering of humankind-come-of-age (the 'Enlightenment') and so deemed to be above revision. At this point the urgent need is for prayer and prophecy.
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A true apology is more than just aknowledgment of a mistake. It is recognition that something you have said or done has damaged a relationship and that you care enough about the relationship to want it repaired and restored.
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The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
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When people ask us how long does it take for something to manifest, we say, It takes as long as it takes you to release the RESISTANCE. Could be 30 years, could be 40 years, could be 50 years, could be a week. Could be tomorrow afternoon.
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I hope I'm building a record of being a good team player and not just standing for my principles but being willing to work for them. I think when you do that and you work really hard, people take notice.
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Without a Sabbath, no worship; without worship, no religion; and without religion, no permanent freedom.
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In part because they had no choice, right? If you were a slave, you did what the master said. And they said to worship: "You're going to worship with us."
