Nadia Bolz-Weber Quotes
Every human community will disappoint us, regardless of how well-intentioned or inclusive.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.
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'YouKu' means what's best and what's cool in Chinese. So, the whole product philosophy really revolves around how to help users, from a massive video database, finds what's best and what's cool.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
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How does one get bored of life?
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The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.
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You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting.
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I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.
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Petty laws breed great crimes.
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I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years.
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You get into this situation, performing for T.V., where you have to speak with utter sincerity. It's just like the radio. You have to say it like you mean it, even though the thing you're saying is actually planned out.
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I used to feel guilty about owning a console.
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It is better to be likable than to be talented.
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So I have four daughters, about ten granddaughters, and five grandsons.
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No one ever bugged Jack Nicholson. When we made 'Witches,' and people were standing around to see him, he'd just come out and say, 'Hi everybody!' I was lucky enough to go with him to a Lakers game, too, and he was always friendly. No one bothers Jack, because he makes himself so accessible.
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You can win ten times, and then you are not able to win five times. I have to discover the reason why, and I am going to find that.
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If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire.
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You never know when your last day gig is, and if you spend your life thinking about it, you'll drive yourself nuts. But I try not to foster or exhibit any desperation.
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Of course I watch 'Life with La Toya' on OWN.
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There's so much interest and curiosity about alien life, interstellar travel. It's always in the news.
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Every human community will disappoint us, regardless of how well-intentioned or inclusive.
