Brother Roger (Roger Schütz) Quotes
Day by day you transfigure the "no" in me into "Yes". You ask me, not for a few scraps, but for the whole of my existence. You are the one who prays in me by day and night. My stammerings are prayer: simply calling you by your name, Jesus, fills our communion to the full.
Quotes to Explore
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Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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The same way you can see me sit at a table in a movie and be six different people, the mother and the uncle and all these different things, when I'm in the studio, I can do that, too. I'm not trying to be a recording artist and have a certain type of music for the radio.
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I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love.
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'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.
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I simply believe that people who respect their customers and have faith in their own technology products should welcome competition and that consumer choice should be a paramount value in retailing.
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It always feels good to put something you're proud of out in the world.
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Yes I did when I was at university 30 years ago, just for a short time.
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Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.
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The greatest invention of the nineteenth century was the invention of the method of invention.
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It’s almost the not-knowing that’s sexy. When the look is too contrived... Trying to assimilate a look to be sexy to me is pretty transparent in the first place. So... somebody who just kind of stumbles into a sexy look... who’s not been thinking about fashion at all...
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Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom.
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I've always been this strong-willed person and I've always been in love with acting.
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I do most of my shopping over the Internet because as a busy working mum I can do the supermarket shop when the kids have gone to bed.
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I'm quite interested in the absolute roots of narrative, why we tell stories at all: where the monsters come from.
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It's always inspiring when people all come together and be strong as a group. This is why I feel so strongly to put the message to people that we need to stand together in tough times.
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This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities they have, their greatest fear, I don't actually see their faces.
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I've always idolized Diana Ross's hair. Why not have fun, big curls? You see the same sleek waves everywhere.
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When someone has to go to the hospital because they don't have insurance - and by the way, I think the insurance companies should be out of the mix altogether - but when someone needs health care, and they don't have the ability to pay for it, in our communities, we end up paying for it one way or the other.
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We are confronted with the incompatible claims of Jerusalem and Athens to our allegiance. We are open to both and willing to listen to each. We ourselves are not wise but we wish to become wise. We are seekers for wisdom, philo-sophoi.
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Just because you miss someone doesn't mean you need them back in your life. Missing is just a part of moving on.
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[The witch] would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards.
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Day by day you transfigure the "no" in me into "Yes". You ask me, not for a few scraps, but for the whole of my existence. You are the one who prays in me by day and night. My stammerings are prayer: simply calling you by your name, Jesus, fills our communion to the full.
