Brian D. McLaren Quotes
Whatever ember of love for goodness flickers within us, however feeble or small… that’s what the Spirit works with, until that spark glows warmer and brighter. From the tiniest beginning, our whole lives—our whole hearts, minds, souls, and strength—can be set aflame with love for God.
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I am a shy person, basically. I don't think I can take my shirt off in front of so many people. I never thought about it. No one asked me to. But I don't even know if people like it if they see me without a shirt all of a sudden. But let's see, if a film demands it, I might just do it.
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Usually I like to have them, but going drum-less pushes everything in a new direction and makes it easier to keep things sounding different.
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The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of Americans.
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By now you've heard the constant right wing attacks on the elite media and the liberal elite, who may or may not be part of Washington elite, a subset of the East Coast elite, which is overtly influenced by the Hollywood elite. So, basically, unless you're a shit-kicker from Kansas, you're with the terrorists.
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Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it.
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Let the consequences of your obedience be left up to God.
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She put it up on the school bulletin board, and that gave me such a jump-start toward writing more things.
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I believe the new machine of the Wrights to be the most promising attempt at flight that has yet been made.
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God doesn't; shoot crap with the universe.Your innermost thoughts are beliefs that unfold as your universe.
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Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so. The only chance is to treat not happiness, but some end external to it, as the purpose of life.
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A man's got to keep company a long time, and come early and stay late and sit close, before he can get a girl or a job worth having.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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It's silly when girls sell their souls because it's in.
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You are equipped with strong bodies and educated minds. Add to these an unshakable faith in a divine providence and you have the tools by which you may build a successful life. Make each day your masterpiece and live so nobly that you may witness honestly each day: Whatever came to your hands this day, you did it to the best of your ability.
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You cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.
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Whatever ember of love for goodness flickers within us, however feeble or small… that’s what the Spirit works with, until that spark glows warmer and brighter. From the tiniest beginning, our whole lives—our whole hearts, minds, souls, and strength—can be set aflame with love for God.
