Abbott Eliot Kittredge Quotes
Christianity claims that the supernatural is as reasonable as the natural, that man himself is supernatural as truly as he is natural, and that the Bible is so clearly the word of God by proofs that are unanswerable, that it is unreasonable to disbelieve its divine truths.
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The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
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If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
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Papa died when he was 77.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
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You know, I love America. It's such a positive country.
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However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be called religious.
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Schaeffer gave me permission to work in the studio with a technician, but I've never worked with him.
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The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes; And He that toss'd you down into the Field, He knows about it all - He knows - HE knows!
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Our sense of free will results from a failure to appreciate this: We do not know what we intend to do until the intention itself arises. To understand this is to realize that we are not the authors of our thoughts and actions in the way that people generally suppose.
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I've spent most of my life playing with Tom Petty, and he's a damn good songwriter.
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Scouts have always been surprised by the way I'm able to move at my size. How fast and agile I am.
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We may not like our times or many aspects of the time we live in but that is not the fault of art as such.
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Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves.
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If Freddie Mac is unable to raise capital, it could spark a political and financial crisis.
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The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.
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I tell you, if you're in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you're back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you've got to keep moving.
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I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.
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Weep all the artful tears you like. You shall never make my hard heart the softer.
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I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.
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Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.
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Christianity claims that the supernatural is as reasonable as the natural, that man himself is supernatural as truly as he is natural, and that the Bible is so clearly the word of God by proofs that are unanswerable, that it is unreasonable to disbelieve its divine truths.
