Bill Konigsberg Quotes
Sitting in a church makes you no more of a Christ follower than sitting in a Ford dealership makes you a Mustang owner.
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If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.
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I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.
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Let's use the opportunities before us to stand for Christ. If we will do, God himself will honor our efforts and America can be restored.
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I had to accept the fact that sometimes things happen that are out of our hands.
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We are very near the final climactic events that end with the Second Coming of Christ.
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You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
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The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.
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On TV, if you fluff your lines, nobody gives a toss. But if you fluff a penalty in the World Cup, well - we all know how much that matters.
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I get no satisfaction just showing myself in every corner of the world every week.
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Kibbeh comes in all forms, but most feature bulgur and meat.
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A creature that cannot grasp the mutual exclusiveness of A and not A has no difficulty in lying; more than that, such a creature has not even any consciousness of lying, being without a standard of truth.
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We are the mimics. Clouds are pedagogues.
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It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image of Eternity - of Infinity. Here they have seen the symbol of God's great plan of oneness with His creatures, for the sea is the union of all infinite particles, and it takes the whole to make the one.
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Do the best job I can, not hurt our fellow beings on this planet, that's my religion.
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Writing is, of course, a solitary occupation. But for many writers, myself included, it's through writing that we make certain vital connections.
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There is no method by which an average citizen can effectively fight the White House in the media.
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I've always found Glasgow to be a wonderful city - warm and funny and full of kindness.
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I don't really get hate mail, which surprises me, but people have better things to do than to write hate mail to somebody who writes a book about hating everything, I guess.
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Have you ever been offered a job by a poor person? No one has.
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I can't bear kissing scenes.
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Teach For America was built on the idea that our best hope of reaching 'One Day' is to have thousands of alumni use their diverse experiences and ideas to effect change from inside and outside the education system.
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Okay. Enough." I got out of the closet, brushing myself off, then turned around to face her. "This is happening. So you need to go downstairs, face your fears, and make the best of it, and everything will be okay." She narrowed her eyes at me. "When did you suddenly become so positive?" "Just get out of there.
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Hope is paltry food for living.
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Sitting in a church makes you no more of a Christ follower than sitting in a Ford dealership makes you a Mustang owner.
