Barbara Brown Taylor Quotes
I think my idea of God was much more directive than my idea of God now, that is, a God who had one plan in mind for me, perhaps, and my job was to find out what it was and obey.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.
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I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.
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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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I have never looked at a child and been so angry that I flipped out.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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Beelzebub is the isolated part of the human being. This part or this real human being has been obscured by religious structures.
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The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!
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The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
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My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on.
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I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.
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I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.
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Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that.
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I like fighting. I get into rows all the time.
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Let a man sow a field or plant a farm never so well, yet he cannot foretell who will gather in the fruits; another may build him a house of fairest proportion, yet he knows not who will inhabit it.
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It's a cliche, and in a way it's a conservative idea about fiction, but I did learn the hard way that plot does need to dictate the story.
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My favourite game is Postal because it is so politically incorrect.
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We, the artists, make the stuff they sell and they're like ticks on our backs, sucking the life out of us.
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I think of jazz as being homage through innovation. Don't quote that as a definition, but it comes pretty close.
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How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?
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Supporting causes with whatever we do can be effective.
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I think my idea of God was much more directive than my idea of God now, that is, a God who had one plan in mind for me, perhaps, and my job was to find out what it was and obey.
