We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. ~D. H. Lawrence
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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