Alister E. McGrath Quotes
Our desires cannot be, and were never meant to be, satisfied by earthly pleasures alone.
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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
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If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.
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I care about Bahrain.
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I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'
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I don't shoot movies quickly because I get a lot of coverage and a lot of angles, so we have all the pieces in the editing. I do a lot of takes, but it's because I'm looking for something.
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I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, 'You have work at being a couple.'
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The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.
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Do you think I'm wandering around all day thinking, 'I must write a song called 'Three Coins In The Fountain'?' Only an idiot would do that.
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We came up short on offense and that's on me.
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You may be sure that of all the moments of your life, the time you spend before the divine Sacrament will be that which will give you more strength during life and more consolation at the hour of your death and during eternity.
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The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. - Jeanne
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The establishment of the world community will surely exact a price – and who can tell what that price may be? – in toil, suffering and blood.
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Everything America should be, Muhammad Ali is.
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The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
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Geometry alone is not enough to portray human desires, expressions, aspirations, joys. We need more.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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Every established fact which is too bad to admit of any other defence is always presented to us as an injunction of religion.
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Our desires cannot be, and were never meant to be, satisfied by earthly pleasures alone.
