William Daniel Phillips Quotes
I believe in God because of a personal faith, a faith that is consistent with what I know about science.
Quotes to Explore
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Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.
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Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God doesn't change. The reality of worship doesn't change, not at heart, anyway. So Christianity appears to be stuck.
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In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.
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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
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A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.
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I'm always looking for perfection. Even after training and my coaches say I did good, I always think I could have done more.
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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
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History proves that the white man is a devil.
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The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good school for introducing us to the universal dimension of the Church.
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The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
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I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.
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I would like to use stories as a springboard for children to make their own creative responses. I would like to encourage them to express themselves using music, art, film or whatever, and upload it to a website having been inspired by particular stories.
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All my friends started getting boyfriends, but I didn't want a boyfriend, I wanted a thirteen-colour biro.
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To be effective, judicial administration must not be leaden-footed.
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Truth is harder to bear than ignorance, and so ignorance is valued more- also because the status quo depends on it; but love depends on self-knowledge and self-knowledge depends on being able to bear the truth.
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The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.
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You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.
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If we're going to talk about our businesses, we're going to have to talk about them within the constraints of the disclosure rules, without giving guidance, because we're not going to give guidance, because we don't believe that it is a sensible game to play.
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The Exorcist has been a very interesting cross to bear.
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I believe in God because of a personal faith, a faith that is consistent with what I know about science.
