Bart Ehrman Quotes
Because of the open nature of polytheism, there was virtually no such thing as “conversion.”
Anyone who chose to begin worshiping a new god was welcome to do so and was not required or expected to leave behind any previous practices of worship or make an exclusive commitment to this one deity.
Bart Ehrman
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When I was drafted to Smackdown, I was like, 'Hell yes, I'm going to captain this ship.' Then I was like, 'Oh, wait, you're losing your best friend and travel partner and the person you enjoy having matches with the absolute most.' That's Charlotte. We travel together, and she is my best friend.
Becky Lynch
I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
Ira Sachs
I want less and less control with music. Just playing music without any idea of composition or writing.
Yann Tiersen
Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
Zadie Smith
O king! I was but a man like others, asleep upon my couch, when lo, the breezes of the All-Glorious were wafted over me, and taught me the knowledge of all that hath been. This thing is not from me, but from One Who is Almighty and All-Knowing.
Baha'u'llah
Act so that the effects of your actions are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life.
Hans Jonas
After 'Adam and Paul,' I had offers from American agents, but I think I would have been swallowed up.
Lenny Abrahamson
When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.
Jenna Morasca
Super polished signage is not always a good sign. I'm always looking for places that you have to know about to find. Also, just food-wise, if I'm eating ethnic cuisine - I hate that phrase, but still - If I'm eating Mexican food, I'm looking to see that there are Mexicans in the restaurant. They know if the food is being made right.
Adam Richman
I've always believed that if you support reform or you support a particular idea that you ought to fund that idea first and not the system.
Jeb Bush
O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
Dante Alighieri
An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes.
Hernan Cortes
