Elaine Pagels Quotes
Christianity becomes just a set of things you believe in. It's almost an intellectual kind of abstract issue.
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Working with Terry Gilliam was magic - I've been watching his films since I was little.
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I see my role as a scholar announcing that women's feelings of unworthiness and insecurity often may be traced to training in a male-oriented religion, and I'm trying to investigate a richer spiritual life for both sexes.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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When you appear on the screen, often enough you become sexy, even if you look like an elephant.
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I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special. He used to call me and enquire about my film's progress. Whenever I deliver a hit, I can see a glow on my father's face.
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I have got to the point in my life when a lot of people I know have died or are dying, so I realise that somewhere outside the pearly gates is a queue, shuffling nearer and nearer to the celestial box office.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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Latin people love to dance. Nothing is more powerful than a Latin man doing 'Mambo Number 5' by himself.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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I usually have two or three books on the go at the same time. If I'm in different moods, I want to read different things.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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I spent a lot of time in boarding school. This is something I will never do to my kids. I think if you're having kids, then you have to take care of them; otherwise, what's the point? There are many things that parents say are good for the kids, but the truth is they say that because it is good for the parents.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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I have had strange animals as pets all my life. I was shy growing up, and shy people tend to interact better with animals than people. Animals are direct, not duplicitous.
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Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice.
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I'm holding a media mutiny.
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Maintaining boundaries is hard. That's why I strongly prefer the physical separation of work and home.
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For me, everything is still possible and I am as determined as ever. I believe first that the project of a people does not die. It is the project of freedom for a people, it is a project of sovereignty. And since the nation exists, it has the right to its own state. I will work to advance it in that direction.
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Christianity becomes just a set of things you believe in. It's almost an intellectual kind of abstract issue.
