William P. Young Quotes
I grew up fundamentalist, evangelical, Protestant. Those are my roots, and they are good roots. But it means the Pharisees are my people. I grew up with an image of God that was not helpful -- largely the face of my father expanded.
Quotes to Explore
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me.
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The important thing to remember is war does not progress linearly. The future course of events is going to be very difficult to predict with a high degree of precision.
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What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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A good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy.
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I quickly realised that it is difficult to get started when writing a novel. You have this dream of what you want to create, but it is like walking around a swimming pool and hesitating to jump in because the water is too cold.
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
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My father was an air officer in the Second World War. My brother was a marine in Vietnam. When I was given this opportunity, I leapt at the chance because I thought it would be a hell of a lot more interesting than what my friends were doing.
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I grew up fundamentalist, evangelical, Protestant. Those are my roots, and they are good roots. But it means the Pharisees are my people. I grew up with an image of God that was not helpful -- largely the face of my father expanded.
