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“Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.”
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“In early historical civilization, lunar symbols wove together three major metaphorical concepts. The first is the idea of fertility. The moon controls the tides of both water and blood – the sacred fluids of the early religions. The second is the concept of periodic rebirth, symbolized by the moon’s monthly waning and renewal. The third is the notion of continually repeating cycles of change.”
Source : Layne Redmond (1997). “When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm”
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“I don't need gold in heaven, I gotta have it now.”
Source : "Christianity In Crisis: The 21st Century". Book by Hank Hanegraaff, 2012.
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“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
Source : Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.
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“Talent can't be taught, but it can be awakened.”
Source : Wallace Stegner (2002). “On Teaching and Writing Fiction”, p.46, Penguin
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“Christians don't steal or lie, they don't get divorced or have abortions. If the Ten Commandments were followed by everyone we would be able to fire half the police force and in six months the prisons would be all half empty.”
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“Firstly the cars aren't too complicated. They have no traction control, for example, which means you can spin if you try too hard and damage your tires if you're not careful with your driving style.”
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“until the theologians and the ordained clergy begin to communicate with ordinary people in the vernacular, in a way that they can understand, I’m going to have to do this sort of thing.”
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“People want to put women in one box, and Im interested in how women can be everything at once.”
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“To me, it was about finding new opportunities. I know my voice touches people. It has for years. I can't give that up.”
