Brian D. McLaren Quotes
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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I don't align myself with the West of the Muslim world. I align myself with what I perceive to be just and in accordance with my principles - the principles that I live my life by which are universal principles and that are embodied in the religion of Islam.
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If you see a player out in public having dinner, chances are he's with his boring money manager or some boring rich guy he hopes to design a golf course for.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I'm very into science-fantasy, that kind of swordfights and magic and technology thing.
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Ordinary Geiger counters, worn on belt clips and resembling pagers, have been in use by the U.S. Customs Service for years.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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I was on the cover of a lot of magazines, and there were compliments about beauty and fashion and what I was wearing. Man, if you get locked into that, you can lose your freedom as an actress.
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Teachers alone can't educate young people.
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For women especially, it's important to be financially independent.
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Stereotyping of any race or culture is narrow-minded, and I can't wait to help break the shackles.
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Each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom.
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I was possessed by London.
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I don't align myself with the West of the Muslim world. I align myself with what I perceive to be just and in accordance with my principles - the principles that I live my life by which are universal principles and that are embodied in the religion of Islam.
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Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion.
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Everything is more or less organized matter. To think so is against religion, but I think so just the same.
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People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy.
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A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.
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There's one thing worse than a failed old religion: a naïve and arrogant new one.
