A. J. Jacobs Quotes
It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
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I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
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The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.
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It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
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Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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Following the creation concept that creation processes differed from preservation processes, it is suggested that God endowed each created kind, at the time of its creation, with potential for vast variety.
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Time will tell how you rate against the rest of the competition. I'll let everyone else worry about championships. I'm going to worry about qualifying at Pomona.
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When I was in law school, there was a used book store nearby. I picked up a Harlequin romance and read it. It was stress relieving.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous.
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You've got to be willing to put the time into seeing who's got talent and who's going to do a great job.
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Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.
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Some people say to be an actor you've got to die to do it. I think it's healthy if you think, 'I'll do it if it works, and if I don't, I can do something else.' That way seems to work for me.
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I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
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We don't perceive a contradiction between writing books, making films or producing a television program. These days you can't choose how you want to express yourself anymore.
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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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Mo'Nique is so full of love. I've been describing her as the tree in 'Pocahontas.' She's so wise and loving. She is just everything.
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I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film?
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It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
