Elaine Pagels Quotes
Unlike many deities of the ancient Near East, the God of Israel shared his power with no female divinity, nor was he the divine husband or lover of any.

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I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.
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The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.
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Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think.
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
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I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
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Actually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop hits! Let's put it this way. I play what I like to hear. And sometimes I like to hear something poppy, and sometimes I don't.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.
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I don't believe that employers should have access to an employee's private passwords, including Facebook.
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It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.
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Sometimes when you're given hurdles, it makes you more creative in the end.
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Be a man!... What good is religion if it collapses under calamity? Think of what earthquakes and floods, wars and volcanoes, have done before to men! Did you think that God had exempted [us]? He is not an insurance agent.
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I've tried to quit writing several times, but I enjoy it too much.
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Unlike many deities of the ancient Near East, the God of Israel shared his power with no female divinity, nor was he the divine husband or lover of any.