Brad Warner Quotes
If he'd Jesus been a little more concerned for his own safety and well being he may have toned things down a little bit and probably at best he'd be remembered as a Rabbi who said some cool things but that nobody really reads anymore. There's tons of them.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.
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'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.
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It always feels good to put something you're proud of out in the world.
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People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don't mind.
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Most of western culture is a distortion of reality. But reality should be distorted; that is, imaginatively amended. The Buddhist acquiescence to nature is neither accurate about nature nor just to human potential.
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Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.
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Nationalism and racism, to take two examples, are the culturally nurtured outgrowths of simple tribalism.
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Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion is in thy power.
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'suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.'
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If you try to force yourself into change, then change will never stick.
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If you look at Buster Keaton or Douglas Fairbanks movies, what still amazes you today is their physical ability. The only special effects that never grow old are what you can do with the human body.
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In 'Bayou Magic,' I write about African goddess-mermaids who accompanied slaves to America.
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What's right is right, and what's wrong is wrong.
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I want to be host of 'SNL.' I want to work with Steven Spielberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, J.J. Abrams, Emma Stone and Tim Burton, Sean Penn, Cameron Crowe. I want to work with Adam Sandler - he is so funny - and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
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I don't think there's anything wrong with a little sweat. I'm always moving, so it's normal for me, and it actually makes my curly hair better because it gives it a bit more texture and volume.
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It's thrilling. There's birth and death and frustration and victory in raising horses. It's like a little microcosm of life is built into the short lives of these creatures.
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You're not born with certain skills; you have to acquire them.
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It has been a tremendous privilege to serve the people of Utah during my time in the United States House of Representatives, but my time in the House should not be the sum total of my service.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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People in Britain always think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as a musical - it wasn't.
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Jesus showed us how to be courageous and sacrificial while we die for our beliefs, not while we kill for them.
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If he'd Jesus been a little more concerned for his own safety and well being he may have toned things down a little bit and probably at best he'd be remembered as a Rabbi who said some cool things but that nobody really reads anymore. There's tons of them.
