Andrew Delbanco Quotes
Confronting this question takes us beyond a world where the line between good and evil is sharp and bright, into a gray confusion where navigation was soul-trying work.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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In midlife, we're as dumb as we get.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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I think you could find some waves on the west side of Denmark, but I never tried it.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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Most historians and other writers of what we now consider 'primary sources' simply didn't think about women and their contribution to society. They took it for granted, except when that contribution or its lack directly affected men.
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The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.
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I'd read Stone Cold's biography about how he lived on, like, raw potatoes, and I thought, this is all part of it. This is what wrestlers do, and this is what I'm going to do.
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I don't want to be submerged by depression.
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The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe.
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The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time.
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My fans are like no other. Completely original people.
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There's just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate.
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I would rather wait and keep working on myself harder and wait for the right opportunity. It is not quantity but quality I should be remembered for.
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Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect.
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I realized I was trained my whole life to be an accommodating person, to make sure that everybody is comfortable before I'm comfortable. After giving so much of myself to strangers, I learned to care for myself a little more, especially on tour.
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We sometimes get so caught up in one or another aspect of the teaching, we forget that if a person hasn't been introduced to Christ, if a person hasn't embraced the risen Lord and the church that's an expression of that experience, what we're saying just sounds like a bunch of rules or negative statements limiting their personal freedom.
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A man who wants to mutilate himself is certainly damned, isn't he?
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To organize work in such a manner that it becomes meaningless, boring, stultifying, or nerve-racking for the worker would be little short of criminal; it would indicate a greater concern with goods than with people, an evil lack of compassion and a soul-destroying degree of attachment to the most primitive side of this worldly existence.
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When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that's a really good feeling.
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Confronting this question takes us beyond a world where the line between good and evil is sharp and bright, into a gray confusion where navigation was soul-trying work.
