Barbara Brown Taylor Quotes
The hardest spiritual work in the world is to love the neighbor as the self – to encounter another human being not as someone you can use, change, fix, help, save, enroll, convince or control, but simply as someone who can spring you from the prison of yourself, if you will allow it.
Quotes to Explore
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
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I'm a bit of a control freak.
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I still live in Inglewood and have a great relationship with my Mexican family.
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I'm addicted to avocados, and I'll put them with anything, particularly chillies. Can you imagine if they became extinct? That would be like the apocalypse, no?
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The name Jack was given by an American tourist.
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If there was anything that I learned with my own writing process, maybe there's too many choices what to write about. Just the amount of subject matter in the world these days; maybe that feels chaotic for me.
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AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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I think the best endings bring you back in rather than close things off with absolute finality. I'm not saying they necessarily have to be ambiguous, but we don't always need to know what happens when everyone wakes up tomorrow morning.
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To see things in the seed, that is genius.
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My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him.
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Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others.
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I like babies, but not in the front row. I don't want to sing directly to a baby.
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Music is the soundtrack to the crappy movie that is my life.
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My imagination is a twisted place.
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When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world.
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When the whole world has their eyes on you, if you say something that doesn't truly come from your spirit and your soul, or if you wear something that doesn't come from your spirit and your soul, it's an injustice to your position. And so, I'm really myself every single day and I do it because I know my fans would want me to.
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The hardest spiritual work in the world is to love the neighbor as the self – to encounter another human being not as someone you can use, change, fix, help, save, enroll, convince or control, but simply as someone who can spring you from the prison of yourself, if you will allow it.
