Carol P. Christ Quotes
In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten Commandments of Biblical religion.
Quotes to Explore
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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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Foreign politicians don't have resources - or limited resources. It's useless dealing with them.
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I didn't understand key signatures or anything, you know. I'd say silly things at the top of a trumpet part like, 'Note, when you play B naturals, make the B naturals a half step lower because they sound funny if they're B naturals.' And some guy said: 'Idiot, just put a flat on the third line and it's a key signature, you know?'
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
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To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.
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I'm always looking to do things that are really different from each other.
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Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
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This is my spiritual journey through life, my way of making sense of the world. I don't need permission from anyone or accolades from anyone; it is completely internal.
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If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.
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I've been at it since 1967, and I still love it. There is nothing quite like making people laugh.
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The media is controlled.
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You could almost write an opera about the selection of music directors for orchestras. The intrigues are really interesting, and then, at the end, the results are completely unexpected.
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One tends to look back at the mistakes as the same thing - relinquishing control of something at some point in your career.
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I grew up playing basketball and eating hot dogs on the corner.
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Remember, MTV would only show white videos for a long time. Can you imagine that? That was the '80s when that happened. It's hard to even think of that now, you know?
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Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for Halloween every day.
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In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten Commandments of Biblical religion.
