Richard John Neuhaus Quotes
One would like to believe that people who think of themselves as devout Christians would also behave in a manner that is in according with Christian ethics. But pastorally and existentially, I know that this is not the case, and never has been.
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
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We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.
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To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.
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I exercise five days a week at home.
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They call it The New Avengers but it's really the old Avengers with new people except for me, looking rather fat and rather old.
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I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared.
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Thug: You're gonna give us $10,000, or we're gonna break both your legs.
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The more you know, the less you are impressed by Foucault.
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… the ego's need to be periodically in conflict with something or someone in order to strengthen its sense of separation between me and the other, without which it cannot survive.
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His parents had abdicated responsibility to an illusion.
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Jeff Lynne is an arranger, and I think it's probably much easier for him to go ahead and play a part himself than to try to show somebody else what he wants. But it's hard for me to say; I barely know Jeff.
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One can best observe a movement of the time - its dangers as well as its advantages - by scrutinising it in its strongest, most pronounced form.
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I have no problem being with people of different nationalities.
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I used practically all the money I had available.
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I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.
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It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.
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I thought 'Moulin Rouge' was inspirational, and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' I loved.
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Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.
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Those in science perform research, have it reviewed by their peers, publish the results, and believe the answer should be obvious.
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One guy wins and one guy loses, but it's not entirely up to him. Our sport is so crazy that on any given Sunday, anybody can win. You can run the same race over and over five times, and you'll probably get five different winners. It's wild.
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Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.
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In many ways, our campaign this year will be the same as last time: We're still going to focus on fixing up basics and cleaning up ethics at City Hall.
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Dorothy Day said - and I'm sure that Kathy Kelly would say the same thing - 'I'm working toward a world in which it will be easier for people to behave decently.' Now, think about that: a world in which it will be easier for people to behave decently.
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One would like to believe that people who think of themselves as devout Christians would also behave in a manner that is in according with Christian ethics. But pastorally and existentially, I know that this is not the case, and never has been.
