Robert Sherrill quotes

“The Christian-Judaic God does not exist, and if He did exist as described in the Bible, He would certainly not be a good role model.”
-- Robert Sherrill

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“Not one of the first six [U.S.] presidents was an orthodox Christian. Most of the founders were Deists, who "doubted that Christ was a god" and equated God with "the power behind nature, as discerned by science."”
-- Robert Sherrill

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“The Gun Control Act of 1968 was passed, not to control guns, but to control blacks.”
-- Robert Sherrill

Source : Robert Sherrill (1973). “The Saturday night special: and other guns with which Americans won the West, protected bootleg franchises, slew wildlife, robbed countless banks, shot husbands purposely and by mistake, and killed presidents--together with the debate over continuing same”

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“Thievery is what unregulated capitalism is all about.”
-- Robert Sherrill

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“And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God ... and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.”

“We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.”

“I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hand living wires with their fiery current, than to speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling on others, to the hurt of their own souls and bodies.”

“God wants us to speak to men so that they will feel it, so that they will never forget it. God means every Christian to be effective, to make a difference in the actual records and results of Christian work. God put each of us here to be a power. There is not one of us but is an essential wheel of the machinery and can accomplish all that God calls us to.”

“I want to play positive role models - women who mean something to other women.”

“I'm not preaching about things you should do, I'm not political or anything. I'm probably not the best role model.”

Source : "Alexa Chung: 'I'm probably not the best role model'" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.

“I didn't have a role model when I was younger.”

“My life has definitely changed since 'Modern Family.' The show has made me more responsible, I really want to be a good role model for all kids so I have to think about what I say and do and how it looks to other kids!”

Source : "Exclusive: Ariel Winter of Modern Family". Interview, www.seventeen.com. February 16, 2011.

“Every boy needs a role model that he can be proud of and talk about to the other kids in the playground.”

Source : "Once upon a life" by Athol Fugard, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2010.

“The only pressure comes form myself. I put pressure on myself at first just because I was intimidated. When I made Amy Poehler laugh, it was a big thing for me. She's been one of my role models since high school, because she started UCB, which is what I wanted to do since high school.”