Elaine Pagels Quotes
There is no evidence that the author of the Book of Revelation, John of Patmos, read anything that we think of as a New Testament book. I don't see any evidence that he knew what was in the Gospels, or the letters of Paul, which I don't think he would have liked at all.Elaine Pagels
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
Ingrid Newkirk -
I've ended up on some website list or some other list for super right-wing people. They've been tweeting some pretty rude stuff at me, so I think there's a sect of America out there that doesn't like certain opinions and can really take their claws out when they don't like what you're saying.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
Nathan Myhrvold -
If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.
Samuel Hopkins -
One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.
Tablo -
Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
Nargis Fakhri
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What happens is that, you know, on Mondays, at least in the Senate, you know, Monday night we'd have what you'd call a bed-check vote. Just to get, you know, the machinery of the Senate up and running so they can start the committee process; on Tuesday morning, things go. By Thursday, you know, jet fumes, the smell of jet fumes.
Olympia Snowe -
This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
T. C. Boyle -
All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
Said Nursi -
Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
Kate Williams -
I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
Rachel Weisz -
To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
Patrick MacGill
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Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
Carlos Santana Santana -
I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
Magic Johnson -
I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out.
Candice Bergen -
I've always just talked to my family and my friends. I've never been a person that's gone through excessive therapy at all. Some people might say that I should.
Vince Vaughn -
I don't know much about football. I know what a goal is, which is surely the main thing about football.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.
John Wanamaker -
The progress of civilization corresponds with the spread of general nausea.
Edgar Saltus -
Certainly, I read a lot and follow the news. But as a writer, I am not interested in a political story. I am searching for the humanity of the characters. I never set out to write a book about an 'issue.'
Cristina Henriquez -
We must never bend too much.
Yitzhak Shamir -
I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.
Tara Lipinski -
There is no evidence that the author of the Book of Revelation, John of Patmos, read anything that we think of as a New Testament book. I don't see any evidence that he knew what was in the Gospels, or the letters of Paul, which I don't think he would have liked at all.
Elaine Pagels