Brian D. McLaren Quotes
If, for you, orthodox means finally “getting it right” or “getting it straight,” mine is a pretty disappointing, curvy orthodoxy. But if, for you, orthodoxy isn’t a list of correct doctrines, but rather the doxa in orthodoxy, which means “thinking” or “opinion,” then the lifelong pursuit of expanding thinking and deepening, broadening opinions about God sounds like a delight, a joy.
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The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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Life is full of regrets, but it doesn't pay to look back.
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I don't like to read the Internet; I'm not aware of what's going on.
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I'm a writer first and a singer second.
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I didn't know you were Catholic. (to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he got down on one knee to beg Pelosi to find Democratic support for the bailout bill)-2008
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Small habits well pursued betimesMay reach the dignity of crimes.
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The man was either foolish or fearless. Assuming there was a difference.
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The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.
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Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
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We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage; the Civil War was fought over States rights.
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See, I don't know nothing about singing. I never wanted to be a frontman. Frontmen had big egos and was always crazy and aggravating. I just never thought that was a good idea.
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In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.
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Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'
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I wanted to take a stand against what I think was not so well established then but is thoroughly well established now, which is the substitution for a real sense of a country of a hideous distortion which you can sell to the people called 'heritage'.
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Art should be created for life, not for the museum.
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Now, he was filled with a distaste for a civilization in which the individual was so prone and in which he must be so diligent just to preserve his sanity.
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Joy is a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.
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If, for you, orthodox means finally “getting it right” or “getting it straight,” mine is a pretty disappointing, curvy orthodoxy. But if, for you, orthodoxy isn’t a list of correct doctrines, but rather the doxa in orthodoxy, which means “thinking” or “opinion,” then the lifelong pursuit of expanding thinking and deepening, broadening opinions about God sounds like a delight, a joy.
