Brian D. McLaren Quotes
In other words, when the community of faith gathers, its purpose is to equip its members for a life of love and good deeds when the community scatters.
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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
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My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.
Gail Devers -
The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order that he be able to fully develop his life functions without experiencing limitations due to his dwelling, i.e. a minimum modus vivendi in place of a modus non moriendi.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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Italy and France could lop off their excessive wealth through a one-time tax on private wealth.
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I am a very selfish person.
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Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov -
Yes, I've been in an igloo. They're surprisingly cozy and warm - small, though, you can't really stand up in some.
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I don't want to do only blockbusters.
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Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good.
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We live on a 500-acre ranch, beautiful ranch.
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All fame is is having people you don't know coming up to you and saying, 'Hello.' I'm always polite and people are always nice, but it's weird.
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I love my stories being multi-layered, and coming at it from different angles, so that you don't understand the film's true emotional motivation until the very end.
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I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a field that was growing. Unfortunately, we got hit with a recession in 1981.
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You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
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When I decided to work with Krishna Vamsi, people around me were apprehensive about my decision. They warned me that I shouldn't work with an unsuccessful director.
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For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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With every book, you go back to school. You become a student. You become an investigative reporter. You spend a little time learning what it's like to live in someone else's shoes.
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When you're big you don't need a reason to sweat. You don't, right? My friends cannot grab a hold of this concept. They come up to me all the time like 'Jeez! What have you been doing? What are ya jumpin rope in the attic?!' 'Well, I peeled an orange.. about an hour ago. Why, what's up?'
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Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber.
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In learning the art of storytelling by animation, I have discovered that language has an anatomy.
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In other words, when the community of faith gathers, its purpose is to equip its members for a life of love and good deeds when the community scatters.
