Brian D. McLaren Quotes
We are not scholars researching an ancient Chinese emperor — a matter of objectivity and disinterestedness; we are sons and daughters who want to get to know our father — someone with whom we have an essential relationship.
Quotes to Explore
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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I've been told I have an aggressive driving style.
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
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I was not really as good as I should have been.
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The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.
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I've always read books and loved human behavior since I was ten or twelve years old. Maybe even that's why I wanted to do comedy.
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When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.
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I don't wear dresses and flowers in my hair and float around!
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I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!
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I had some good teachers. One of the greatest teachers I've had is bluegrass music: going back and listening to Bill Monroe's music, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs. When I was with Ralph Stanley I learned a lot from him.
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So many people grew up in the church, and you can have an awesome upbringing, but I made a personal conviction; I made a personal decision when I was very young. I enjoy going to church without my parents. On Sunday mornings, I want to go. Bible studies on Wednesdays... I have a relationship - not just through my parents.
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I've always had an uneasy relationship with technology and how it insinuates itself into our lives: for example. I always prefer talking face-to-face with friends than texting or calling, and if I want to get updates on their lives, I don't go to Facebook but meet them in person.
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Gail has said in interviews that one of the things that makes our relationship work is the fact that we hardly ever get to talk to each other.
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I think Muhammad was a terrorist. I read enough by both Muslims and non-Muslims, to decide that he was a violent man, a man of war.
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We are not scholars researching an ancient Chinese emperor — a matter of objectivity and disinterestedness; we are sons and daughters who want to get to know our father — someone with whom we have an essential relationship.
