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.
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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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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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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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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
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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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I have four of the most incredible children. And I have five grandchildren.
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I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you know? It's difficult to get it right and get it funny. I really enjoy doing it. I kind of wish I'd done it more. I can't complain. I've had a fair crack of the whip.
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A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.
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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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Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.
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Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
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Many people think spending an hour or two in the kitchen is a waste of time. But it is a good investment in your spiritual development.
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I never wanted to work for anybody else; I always wanted to be my own boss.
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Being a good psychoanalyst has the same disadvantage as being a good parent: The children desert one as they grow up.
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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.
