Hans Kung Quotes
At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
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I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started with 'The Great Gatsby' and moved on to 'Tender Is the Night,' which just swept me away. Then I read 'This Side of Paradise,' his novel about Princeton - I literally slept with that book under my pillow for two years.
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.
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After I was 70, I realized that, 'Okay, I would like to have another 50 years, and I probably could.' But part of me is saying, 'Maybe I'm not going to have that much time.'
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.
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Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.
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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
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Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?
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A feel-good style can be a symptom of unawareness or lack of caring.
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Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get a blurb from a bookseller, I try to write a thank you note.
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The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels.
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As a heterosexual man, I've never really doubted my sexuality, but I've had men in my life and thought, 'If I was gay, I'd be with him' - you know?
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When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.
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The word 'spinster' tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry.
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If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.
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Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.
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Nations begin to dig their own graves when men talk more of human rights and less of human duties.
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First of all, as a man the most important thing you have in your life now is your child that you're carrying. That's it. Everything else comes second; personally, for me, other than your relationship with God and your wife.
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After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it.
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At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
