Dan Barker Quotes
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God.
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All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!
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My mother has a tremendous amount of pride and self-respect. She won't take assistance from anybody.
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The book is the only medium left that hasn’t been corrupted by the profane.
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Man’s craving for the supernatural is as natural as our discounting of the present moment... The natural becomes trite and commonplace to us and we take refuge in an imaginary world above and beyond it.
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‘…Women I do not much care for myself - I prefer little Greek shepherd-boys…’
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I've met so many remarkable people so far, coming up through stand-up all these years, who just aren't alive anymore. Because they are dead. Some really great people who helped change my life and career, people like Richard Pryor, Sam Kinison, Rodney Dangerfield, Johnny Carson.
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Never think that Jesus commanded a trifle, nor dare to trifle with anything He has commanded.
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The establishment is a dirty, dangerous beast, and the BBC is a mouthpiece for that.
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The boundary between real life and acting is hard to find.
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I feel very privileged to have reached so many kids because a life without stories, without the power of books, would be a very grey world, it's good to add colour.
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The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it.
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I really do feel like music is the only thing that I can do.
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I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time.
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My stepdad is Bruce Jenner, the Olympian. The first time he came over was like a blind date, and we had show and tell. He took out the gold medal for me and my sisters, and we were like, 'So? Who the hell are you?'
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There is no God! This negation must be understood solely to affect a creative Deity. The hypothesis of a pervading Spirit co-eternal with the universe remains unshaken.
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You couldn't drop me! You never dropped me.
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If you do what you believe in, you’re strong. It’s when you don’t do what you believe in that you’re weak. And we are strong.
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Different themes inevitably require different methods of expression. This does not imply either evolution or progress; it is a matter of following the idea one wants to express and the way in which one wants to express it.
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The ability to find meaning in the most difficult times, I think, is one of the most important skills of life.
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I like to think that people who really know me understand I am the same person - and that is something I will always fight to maintain. Obviously the money is there, but I want to stay the same. At the same time I want my son to enjoy what I didn't have. My father-in-law often looks at all the toys and games Benjamín has.
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I remember getting to college and all of a sudden realizing that feminism was a dirty word to a lot of people and it was baffling to me. I would tell people that I was a feminist and they would look at me and go, "Why?" And that just made me feel more at home in those shoes.
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Faith is not the result of fuzy thinking. It is the cause of it.
