Brian D. McLaren Quotes
Trying to stop people from learning, sharing, and loving is a losing game because it means working against God and the plotline of God's universe.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.
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I got lost but look what I found.
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Marriage isn't something you agree to do one day, and if things don't go right, then it's over.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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As far as I'm concerned, you're a feminist by default if you're born in the Western world right now.
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People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. And there's a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up.
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It's not every day people fly you to New York for auditions.
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I am smarter because I stayed in school, and I am a better football player.
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Whiplash' was just a lucky kind of convergence of events in that I'd been trying to get a bigger project off the ground with no success for a while, and then finally, out of frustration, I just wrote this leaner, meaner, personal script about my experiences as a jazz drummer, and that's the one that wound up getting made.
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If it's going to go my way, it's going to go my way. I have to keep working hard.
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Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted to compliant women.
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Truth is slippery, not because it is difficult to grasp, but because we prefer our preconceptions, our beliefs, our myths.
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As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.
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The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
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I don't know why so many artists talk about the mainstream's problems from the fringe. I think, unfortunately, it's almost like our education makes us too safe and terrified to step into the world.
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Clearly, unless the Lord chooses to explain Himself to us, which often He does not, His motivation and purposes are beyond the reach of mortal man. What this means in practical terms is that many of our questions - especially those that begin with the word 'why' - will have to remain unanswered for the time being.
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I'd love to work with Kanye West. He's gone through a lot of stuff in the public eye, but his music is genius. He always takes risks.
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i remember we all cried like the Missouri when my Uncle Sol's coffin lurched because somebody pressed a button (and down went my uncle Sol and started a worm farm)
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I've played for the Miami Heat my whole career under Pat Riley. Mr. GQ himself. So when I pick out my outfits before a game, I'm already feeling confident. And some of that swagger stays with me when I take the court.
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Trying to stop people from learning, sharing, and loving is a losing game because it means working against God and the plotline of God's universe.
