Michael Eric Dyson Quotes
I grew up in the church and began to recite set pieces at the age of four and five, like many of the other kids.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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Every time you load a webpage is a HTTP request. That's a lot of HTTP requests. If you are earning bitcoin on every HTTP request, that could be a lot of earned bitcoins.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I have the idea that anyone who has ever heard my name has the distinct impression that I was put under the sod years ago just before they buried Lillian Russell.
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I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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The addition of nuts in salad... I always find to be beneficial.
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I'm a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated.
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For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.
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We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light.
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I grew up Catholic, so the more non-denominational Christian experience was a new experience for me.
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If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
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I think that a church should be setting the pace for social justice.
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The men to whom Jesus Christ committed the fortunes and destiny of His Church were men of prayer. To no other kind of men has God ever committed Himself in this world.
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I used to have to do readings in church, and it was terrifying. I would never have my glasses. The words are printed so small even Superman would be nervous. And you’re reading from the Bible. It’s not like you can just make something up and improvise. “A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians. Uhhh. Dear Corinthians, … How was your weekend? Sure is hot here. Uh, tell Jesus ‘Hey.’ This is the word of the Lord.
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Can it really be said that before the day of our pretentious science, humanity was composed solely of imbeciles and the superstitious?
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Go to any bookstore, and you'll see thousands of books on etiquette, which suggests there's a lot of self-help going on. There is hope.
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I grew up in the church and began to recite set pieces at the age of four and five, like many of the other kids.
