Andrew Greeley Quotes
I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is the unique representation of God in the world. But that doesn't mean this is the only way God can work.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.
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We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of Syria, with all segments of the population. This is the situation as well in Iraq and other countries.
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It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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My father was interested in bringing reggae music to the entire world.
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The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
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From my experience in working with bureaucrats and politicians, if you are a credible business group, they will definitely help you. At the end of the day, they, too, want development of their constituency, state or country.
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It's high time for the art world to admit that the avant-garde is dead. It was killed by my hero, Andy Warhol, who incorporated into his art all the gaudy commercial imagery of capitalism (like Campbell's soup cans) that most artists had stubbornly scorned.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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Even before ObamaCare, the government took care of the bottom 5 or 10 percent of the public who were on Medicaid.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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The fact of the matter is that instead of going around the world and haranguing countries for engaging with China, the West should be encouraging its own businesses to trade and invest in these regions.
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I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
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There are people who've enjoyed my work in the theater, and they let me know that it was special for them. I'm not going to say, 'Well, you should have seen me as Gandalf!'
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That fabulous polymath Samuel Johnson maintained that no man in his right mind ever read a book through from beginning to end.
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We've been worried for some time that one of the ways that North Korea can retaliate against further escalation of tensions is via cyber, and particularly attacks against our financial sector. This is something they have really perfected as an art against South Korea.
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Hungry people almost never have to be pushed by a manager to work harder, because they are self-motivated and diligent. They are constantly thinking about the next step and the next opportunity. And they loathe the idea that they might be perceived as slackers.
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Because I say what is empirically true: nothing exists except God, I am deemed to be insane. (ibid, p. 28)
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I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is the unique representation of God in the world. But that doesn't mean this is the only way God can work.
