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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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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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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The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.
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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 like a girl who spend a little cash for her shoes.
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Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on.
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I was patriarch To Elijah and Elijah. I was there at the crucifixion Of the merciful Mabon.
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All my references are 50 years old-when somebody shot J.R., you know? Oh my god, I'm 100!
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I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which is limited to a kind of mediocrity that sponsors are just dying to have right now, and the public, for some reason, is unconsciously demanding.
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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.
