G. C. Berkouwer Quotes
In the New Testament, myth stands over against the truth of the history of Jesus Christ ... the decisive die has ... been already cast in the New Testament opposition to myth.G. C. Berkouwer
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I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
Jack Vance -
Fear is... a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do.
Karen Thompson Walker -
I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
Illeana Douglas -
Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
Victoria Billings -
The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
Salman Rushdie -
I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me.
Victoria de los Angeles
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I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
Federica Montseny -
I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
Gary Bettman -
Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.
Otto Rank -
Practicing medicine is not only my vocation, it gives me an opportunity to continue to be in direct contact with people, to see them and hear their needs.
Tabare Vazquez -
Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.
Barbara Kingsolver -
Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.
Hannah Arendt
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Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.
Dan Buettner -
I deferred my third-year studies from university to go full time sailing to try and qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, which I did. I tried to go back to the university, but having won the silver medal, I just haven't been able to get back. And now I'm not sure if I ever will.
Hannah Mills -
Succeeding makes us feel good. But beating someone else makes us feel really good. Comparing ourselves to others and coming out on top creates a sense of entitlement. And when we feel entitled, we cheat more because, of course, the rules don't apply to awesome people like us.
Dan Pink -
I'm very involved with all the executives at Televisa.
Randy Falco -
Eventually you get bored and you want to work.
Kate Mara -
The role of Premier is not one that should be taken lightly, nor is it a personal trophy.
Lara Giddings
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All my ego wants is to be sitting by a lake in Italy. It doesn't want to be backstage, warming up.
Nicholas James Murphy -
I'm always in the theater seeing everything, good or bad.
Logan Lerman -
I write well on the road. I have the energy, I have the motivation to write. I'm happy when I'm on the road.
Pam Houston -
The vows we take in the holy place bind us till we are purged of them at Inanda's Kraal. Till then no blood must be shed and no flesh eaten. It was the fashion of our forefathers.
John Buchan -
Doing risk sports had taught me another important lesson: never exceed your limits. You push the envelope and you live for those moments when you’re right on the edge, but you don’t go over. You have to be true to yourself; you have to know your strengths and limitations and live within your means. The same is true for a business. The sooner a company tries to be what it is not, the sooner it tries to ‘have it all,’ the sooner it will die.
Yvon Chouinard -
In the New Testament, myth stands over against the truth of the history of Jesus Christ ... the decisive die has ... been already cast in the New Testament opposition to myth.
G. C. Berkouwer