Gene Veith Quotes
One would think that [persecution] would be an obstacle to church growth when joining the church meant a death sentence. And yet, the age of persecution was the greatest period of church growth in history.
Gene Veith
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Growing up, I always wanted to be in punk bands, so I'm really enjoying the harder, heavier element. It's always been my dream to have people moshing at my gig, kind of that really feral element of the music coming out more. I love crowd-surfing.
Florence Welch
Florence and the Machine
My own death threats have declined considerably.
Ian Mckellen
I'd like to date another millionaire. I've never done that.
Patti Stanger
Fashion never stops. There is always the new project, the new opportunity.
Carolina Herrera
I think that people in the phase between being someone's kid and being someone's parent have always been uniquely narcissistic, but that social media and Twitter and LiveJournal make it really easy to navel-gaze in a way that you've never been able to before.
Lena Dunham
In business, the market gives you feedback in real time. Your sales figures tell you what's working, what isn't, and how you need to change. If you don't listen to the feedback, you go belly up. In philanthropy, there is no market.
Jeff Raikes
People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings.
Gene Cernan
I only like boutiques.
Jane Birkin
When my little son, Prince, had health issues as a baby, we were told that he had a 20 percent chance of survival.
Tyson Fury
To be given permission to be confused -- and remain confused -- for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift.
Janet Jackson
She felt the essence of herself pulled finer and smaller like those streams of spun glass that pull and stretch till there remains but a glimmering illusion. Neither falling nor breaking, the stream spins finer. She felt herself very small and ecstatic. Alabama was in love.
Zelda Fitzgerald
This self-reflection, this willingness to examine ourselves, to make corrections, to do better, that's part of what makes us Americans. It's part of what sets us apart from other nations, the United States is the most professional, most capable, most cutting-edge intelligence community in the world.
Barack Obama