Dan Barker Quotes
I'm proud to be an atheist - it helps me stand for so much more and fall for so much less.
Dan Barker
Quotes to Explore
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The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.
Radhanath Swami
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A lot of women are afraid of loneliness, so when they see a woman who can live alone, then they think, 'Hmm, I can do that.' But you need an example, and that is why I am proud to say I have divorced three husbands.
Nawal El Saadawi
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I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.
Dan Rather
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When I talk football with my friends, I don't talk about Tom Brady's hair. I talk about how he handles the blitz, or how he runs his offense. I talk as a fan. I don't want pink jerseys, and I don't want dumbed-down content. I want to be treated as a real fan - because I am proud to be one.
Indra Nooyi
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Charles Bean is a brilliant director. I come in with an idea and try to do it, but I fall on my face. And then, he says, 'Wait a minute, there was a little moment in there. Let's try that moment and expand in that direction.'
Lance Henriksen
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I'm proud that Della was sort of a prototype for TV secretaries. There really was no such established character on TV when 'Perry Mason' came along.
Barbara Hale
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I'm a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it's valuable.
Iris Apfel
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Religion provides the only story that is fundamentally consoling in the face of the worst possible experiences - the death of a parent, for instance. In fact, many religions take away the problem entirely, because their adherents ostensibly believe that they're going to be reunited with everyone they love, and death is an illusion.
Sam Harris
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When violence becomes imbedded in a region, then this affects everything. It affects your dreams, your fantasies and relationships, and your religion becomes violent, too.
Karen Armstrong
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Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them.
Hal Holbrook
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When you're on the victory podium, you're a queen, but when you come down from it, you're nobody. You cannot be too proud of yourself.
Yana Kudryavtseva
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You're always going to have extremists in every religion.
Abdullah II of Jordan
