Leonard Boswell Quotes
Each state in the Union is honored in the order of when it ratified the Constitution and became a part of the United States. This September it is Iowa's turn. Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the union on December 28, 1846.
Quotes to Explore
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The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
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I'm a giant Beatles fan.
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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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I was authorized to do everything that I did.
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I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don't want adventure.
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The Christ-symbol is of the greatest importance for psychology in so far as it is perhaps the most highly developed and differentiated symbol of the self, apart from the figure of the Buddha.
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A lot of the time, you see something really beautiful, but if you don't have the perfect figure and are a really small size, it won't work well for you.
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I am a hard-news journalist. That is what I do.
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With all the auditions you do, there is a lot of rejection you have to take as well. You get used to that.
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But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.
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Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don't view myself as a political person. I'm just someone who desperately wants to stay alive.
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The wisdom of God's Word is quite clear on believers being unequally yoked. And marrying someone who is not a Christian - who is not a daily disciple of Christ - is being unequally yoked, regardless of what their beliefs might be.
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God makes everything in perfect time, and he doesn't give you anything you can't handle.
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Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they ever foresaw.
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Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
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I use egg whites and an olive oil-based hair mask that deep-conditions the hair and adds incredible shine.
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Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.
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In an imperfect world, full of imperfect leaders, there are countless statues that may not live up to our American values.
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In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.
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Freedom is too abstract a concept: You can’t eat it, fuck it, sit under it when it rains or even do very much with it besides get in trouble and have it taken away from you again.
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I think what has happened, actually, is that September 11 has given a spur, a renewed urgency, to dialogue between the great faiths.
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Since the beginning, the people of the college and I have agreed that the music of MerleFest is 'traditional plus.'
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Each state in the Union is honored in the order of when it ratified the Constitution and became a part of the United States. This September it is Iowa's turn. Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the union on December 28, 1846.
