Alvin Plantinga Quotes
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As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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I grew up as an only child and my mother was also an only child, so we were both very passionate about reading. I think I passed that on to my daughter, who went plowing through 'Harry Potter' and every other book possible!
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.
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It's very trying on a marriage when you're doing a one hour show, week after week after week. You don't have enough time for people that maybe you should have top priority.
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I've always had an interest in doing something that was outside my comfort zone; I had this thing about standing on the edge of the cliff and deciding to jump.
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One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.
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I'm a character actress. I'm the girl next door, the aunt, the quirky cousin. You have to innately know who you are and be happy with that.
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Chemotherapy isn't easy. I felt very fortunate I wouldn't have to go through that.
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But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.
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I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur.
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Everyone is related to Africa; everyone comes from Africa. We are all distant relatives.
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I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically.
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I don’t get angry, I don’t want to use harsh words. They are our colleagues and we have to work with them. But they also have to learn to work with us.
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There's so much revenue that comes in from a cap-and-trade system that you can really go to a person in a congressional district and get enough votes there by saying, ‘What do you need? What do you want?’
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Decision – making is very scary for me.
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I was very early on in taking venture capital abroad: to Europe first, then Asia.
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Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.
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God doesn't want us to just feel gratitude, but for us to show it by giving thanks to God with our lives.
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The seed, swollen with moisture, burst asunder its covering of soil and out peers the blade of wheat, full of symbols. So faith, whose bosom is filled with goodly fruits, is a blade of praise.
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
