Brian D. McLaren Quotes
I'm raising the question of whether focusing on the afterlife beyond history can unintentionally but tragically lead to the abandonment of this earth and this life.
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I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I've learned to be more accepting of myself. I'm 37, not 18, and I've got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all at once.
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'YouKu' means what's best and what's cool in Chinese. So, the whole product philosophy really revolves around how to help users, from a massive video database, finds what's best and what's cool.
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It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.
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My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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My mother was always supportive.
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There can be a lot of mind games going on between the players. When you're about to serve, people will try to throw you off your rhythm by taking a walk. If you're tired, you can't show that at all to an opponent.
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Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.
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It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.
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No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.
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What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
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It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth's dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be let alone; lest sleeping abnormalities wake to resurgent life, and blasphemously surviving nightmares squirm and splash out of their black lairs to newer and wider conquests.
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In life, you always have to keep fighting. It's not easy.
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I'm raising the question of whether focusing on the afterlife beyond history can unintentionally but tragically lead to the abandonment of this earth and this life.
