Mike Donehey Quotes
Only when we try to love God will we see our utter inability to do so. And only when we understand that inability, will we begin to be in awe of His great love toward us.
Quotes to Explore
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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When you love someone so much that you are in pain when you are apart it ends up being destructive. I never want to be in that place again.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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Stars arrive on their own timetable.
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There was always that kind of imagination in our house, which was always a little crazy.
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Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.
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It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I love hugging people. I still hug everybody in my meet-and-greet lines.
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I don't think my daughter wants to see me on the toilet. Lila has seen me nude.
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But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.
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I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake.
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I've been lucky enough to live through all the things that are supposed to give meaning to our lives, like parenting, grandparenting, art, celebrity. All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you're not expecting it.
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Christians - whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever - have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of kindness and love and forgiveness to all those around you, because you have received kindness and love and forgiveness from God through Christ. That's what Christianity is.
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I know that the creator will go, but his work survives. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work.
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Isn't it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am. I can walk around. I can talk. I can see things and remember things. I am alive. How wonderful!
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Only when we try to love God will we see our utter inability to do so. And only when we understand that inability, will we begin to be in awe of His great love toward us.
