Alexander Schmemann Quotes
If the Church is in Christ, its initial act is always the act of thanksgiving, of returning the world to God.
Quotes to Explore
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We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.
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Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.
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I had my father, and he was an amazing man and an amazing role model, so I always wanted to mirror that.
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My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat!
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I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were better. I work alongside my dad, you see. I've thought that films were better since I was a kid.
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If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections.
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The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
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When the first record came out, I'd go down to radio stations pretty much every day to get the record played, and I would walk in and they'd tell us how much they loved the record, but they weren't sure how much they could play it because they were already playing a girl.
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I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.
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Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film.
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To be sure, boxing has always been, at best, a shady and sometimes cutthroat business, buttressed by hype and tomfoolery rivalling, at times, that of carnival circuses.
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My aim is that every sermon series I preach is prepared as though I were teaching a college-level course.
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The enemy for the fanatic is pleasure, which makes it extremely important to continue to indulge in pleasure. Dance madly. That is how you get rid of terrorism.
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We are a profoundly interconnected species, as the global economic and ecological crises reveal in vivid and frightening detail. We must embrace the simple fact that we are dependent on and accountable to one another.
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I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.
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The thing is, work is the thing I love the most.
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As anyone who has started a company knows, it's pretty common not to see any income for months.
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That would really be my fantasy - maybe just do three shows a year and each year in a different city, just singing for the people who really want to see it, and then just write for other people. I do love to sing, but I'm just as happy singing in the bathtub, you know?
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I hate short hair on men - the 'real' man is something I don't know. My dad was always playing with hairbands, making rings, while the women were wearing jeans, white T-shirts and Converse. That was the uniform at home.
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People from the rest of the state tend to hate Phoenix, with that typical resentment of the boroughs and the towns for the big city.
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God's church is not a stage for us to perform on but a garden for us to grow in.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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If the Church is in Christ, its initial act is always the act of thanksgiving, of returning the world to God.
