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  • Waiting is a large part of living. Great, passive, negative chunks of our time are consumed by waiting, from birth to death. Waiting is a special kind of activity - if activity is the right word for it - because we are held in enforced suspension between people and places, removed from the normal rhythms of our days and lives.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Ada Louise Huxtable Quotes , People Quotes , Waiting Quotes
  • If we are willing to act violently in pursuit of a peripheral interest, everyone can be certain that, when a vital interest is at stake, we will be still more violent. 'Credibility' is defined as the willingness to kill a lot of people now for a not very good cause to assure the world that we'll kill a lot more people if we can find a better one.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adam Gopnik Quotes , People Quotes , World Quotes
  • Father monks, why do you fast! Why do you expect reward in heaven for that?...No, saintly monk, you try being virtuous in the world, do good to society, without shutting yourself up in a monastery at other people's expense, and without expecting a reward up aloft for it--you'll find that a bit harder.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes , Father Quotes , People Quotes
  • There wasn't reparative therapy in Corinth. So in this passage I think people came to Christ and experienced a new life in him apart from the therapeutic process. But when it comes to someone pointing to this passage and saying homosexuals changed, well, I'm not sure that's what that passage is referring to.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alan Chambers Quotes , Thinking Quotes , People Quotes
  • Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have helped transform 13 small colonies into a great and growing nation of more than 300 people.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , People Quotes , World Quotes