Claudio Hummes Quotes
The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks.
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It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.
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I am surrounded by great people.
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If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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As far as viewpoints, I think I'm more well-rounded and definitely more educated, and probably more hopeful than I used to be. I think when you're young and you get into a cause, you get frustrated with it within a few years, or six months.
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A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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I need to end up with someone who is strong, intelligent, independent, someone I really admire - sensitive, sensuous, warm, a sense of humor.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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I'm not looking for a 'yes' woman, but a strong person who knows when to be objective and when not to be.
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I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.
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I only seem to date younger women.
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I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
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You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
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Life is full of many unpredictable changes... Let go of chaos yesterday; cheerfully live for today, and look forward to tomorrow with greater possibilities... It's our imperfections that make us perfect in our own unique ways.
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It really comes down to being able to inspire others by being comfortable with yourself. You have to show girls that everyone is different; everyone has things they don't like, but they work it and walk the runway.
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Pointing out that there's a turd lying on the carpet is not the same as shitting on the carpet.(p. 75)
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The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.
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Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future.
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The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society.
