Craig Detweiler Quotes
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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I was in a convent for a year.
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But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days.
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Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change.
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I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse. The art world is filled with vibrancy.
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Youth is not restored by the dyeing of your hair.
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One way or another, Gaza's residents must live in peace with Israel.
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I've seen pictures of me, and I look mean and arrogant. That's how I felt on the inside. I think now, 'Is that really me?'
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You don't let being the first to do it stop you or get in the way.
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All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.
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If I am expected to play a dancer, I will learn dancing but won't do the random, meaningless dancing.
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Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.
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I tried making films with messages. Now I’d rather send a text!
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While the sciences are hugely important, let us not leave behind a childs imagination.
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We must set aside our wishes and give heed to reality. Nobody can accept the truth while hiding from it. When a decision matters, we have to stare at the truth unflinchingly. Only then can we find peace in our choices.
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I like acting because I get to find different parts of myself, or at least create different parts that don't already exist, and see the world through someone else's eyes.
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Any international system must have two key elements for it to work. One, it has to have a certain equilibrium of power that makes overthrowing the system difficult and costly. Secondly, it has to have a sense of legitimacy.
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Although I think I'm relatively happy as a person, I think there's something unhappy at the root of all my writing. I'd say optimistic but unhappy. Nothing that's particularly original, other than that we're going to live and die, and terrible things happen.
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Bigger, louder, and faster don’t necessarily create deeper disciples.
