Barbara Brown Taylor Quotes
I thought being faithful was about becoming someone other than who I was...it wasn't until I failed that I began to wonder if my human wholeness might be more useful to God than my exhausting goodness.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.
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My father also encouraged my love of nature. He urged me to become a Cub Scout, and later a Boy Scout, and I found I really liked being outdoors.
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There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.
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I was brought up as a normal kid.
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I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.
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My mum will always come and see my shows if she can, and if she can't, she'll text or email just before wishing me a great show and telling me how much she loves me. She still gives tonnes of positive reinforcement and love. It's really remarkable what that does for a child, and it's really remarkable what that does for me as an adult.
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He who frames the question wins the debate.
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We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn't know. We're finding our way. Instead of thinking about doomsday all the time, think about how beautiful the world is. We're all together, and together we're getting wiser.
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I'm not really part of any group or clique or gang because that's always been my nature.
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When either sex suppresses the expression of feelings, it’s almost always b/c they don’t feel there is a safe environment to express them.
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Lyndon Johnson is a Southerner who sold his birthright for a mess of pottage|mess of dark pottage.
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Perez Hilton: Are you drunk right now?Grohl: No, I gotta play.Perez: Britney Spears has been getting wasted all the time, hasn't stopped her.Grohl: Yeah, but she doesn't have to sing live.
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An important reason Google is usually listed among the world's most trusted brands is that it conveys a sense that the user comes first.
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As much as I hate auditioning - it's so hard and awkward - it's way better to walk out of that room and win a role because of what you did.
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This is an industry that doesn't have the common cold... It has cholera.
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God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems.
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I thought being faithful was about becoming someone other than who I was...it wasn't until I failed that I began to wonder if my human wholeness might be more useful to God than my exhausting goodness.
