Norman Rush Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
-
Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up.
-
Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
-
A leader is admired, a boss is feared.
-
I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
-
Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
-
I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
-
The industrial thing came about mainly through giving up trying to write pop songs in the early '90s. I don't think I was ever very good at pop music and as soon as I stopped trying, and started to write more the things I loved, it became much heavier and more aggressive.
-
My coldest days, my darkest days, ain't no sun out, all I got is my fans. They the only people I ride for. Believe it or not, if you're a real Fat Joe fan, a Terror Squad fan, I do it for ya'll.
-
We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
-
Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
-
His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
-
But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.
-
I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and come up with fabulous things. But I think it's good to get into arguments with people and have them say, 'That sucks' or 'You're crazy' or 'That's cheesy' or 'What do you think of this?'
-
I work twice as hard as everybody else.
-
I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.
-
I was born in that family. So I don't know the difference between born as an actor's son and not being an actor's son. I never knew whether it was good or bad.
-
I have done a lot of work internally to find out who I am, what voice Eamonn Walker has and how he wants to put it out there.
-
It would be hard to name a more certain sign of poor self-esteem than the need to perceive some other group as inferior.
-
One day I was in an airport rushing to catch a plane. I was sweating and puffing when I looked to my right and saw a man walking half as fast as I was, but going faster. He was walking on a moving sidewalk. When we walk in the Spirit, eh comes underneath us and bears us along. We're still walking, but we walk dependent on him.
-
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
-
I voted numerous times when I was a Senator to spend money to build a barrier to try to prevent illegal immigrants from coming in.
-
Once again, Kirk Franklin takes the church beyond the traditional, transitioning his life's experiences into life lessons. Clearly there is more to this man than great music. You will feel the beat of his heart and faith.
-
Small breasts are best for the long haul.
