Andrew Kohut Quotes
With gay marriage there's the whole question of what marriage represents, in what's a religious ceremony for many people.
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I've spent so many years talking about poverty and economic justice, I'm strongly tempted to get biblical. Jesus' teachings are so radical; they're just insanely generous and apocalyptic. Christians become more fascinated by the dead Jesus. They don't like the living Jesus.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.
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I'm going into my first Olympics, whereas people I'm racing against are going into their third and fourth and probably last Olympics. So there's more pressure on them to perform. I've still got a whole future ahead of me. I am not even the Olympic champ.
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I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.
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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
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I started breaking out of my shell in sophomore and junior year.
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You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.
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I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry.
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There's always reasons to make mistakes. Because then you do new mistakes next time. So they're beautiful mistakes.
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The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.
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Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
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Sometimes, how you ingest this idea of masculinity as projected onto you by the world could be the difference of life and death.
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I'm such a huge 'Arrested Development' fan.
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There is no force as powerful as a promise that insists on being kept.
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Imagination needs to be fed.
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I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited to adapt novels or work within certain genre conventions. I'd like to do that kind of work someday, but for better or worse I'm too drawn by my own material.
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And it is a very important thing to be and do, if not the most important 'cause how you interpret a story can then make the difference. So it is a very powerful thing to be. And when misused, it's very sad.
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With gay marriage there's the whole question of what marriage represents, in what's a religious ceremony for many people.
