Clementa C. Pinckney Quotes
Our calling is not just within the walls of the congregation, but we are part of the life and community in which our condition resides.
Quotes to Explore
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But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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The federal government has not been effective enough monitoring and surveilling bad guys.
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My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.
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Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe.
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It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.
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There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.
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Luxury is a state of mind.
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The year I turned 16, I spent the weeks before Christmas dropping hints to my parents about how much I wanted - no, needed - my own transportation.
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Everyone asks me why someone Turkish is making Greek yogurt. In Greece, it is not called 'Greek yogurt.' Everywhere in the world it is called 'strained yogurt.' But because it was introduced in this country by a Greek company, they called it 'Greek yogurt.'
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God has just given me such an amazing journey and able to play; it's been so much fun. I'm having a blast!
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I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me.
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Certain songs like 'Enjoy the Silence' - to me, it always fits anywhere. There's something about that song that's really timeless, and I never get bored or feel like I have to muster something up.
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Our calling is not just within the walls of the congregation, but we are part of the life and community in which our condition resides.
