John Ortberg Quotes

Amusement is a way of boredom-avoidance through external stimulation that fails to exercise our minds. It's mere diversion.

John Ortberg

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With the Bond girls, they've always been these sexy but quite strong women, and that's a nice combination to design for.

Jenny Packham

WomenBondStrongSexyDesignNice

All of us, we deserve to survive.

Max von Sydow

SurviveDeserveUsTo Survive

When I was younger, I was testing myself and questioning everything, but now it's less about that and more about these are the years of my life with my family.

Angelina Jolie

LifeFamilyMyselfMy LifeNowMore

There are huge divorces and divides and chasms in black America between the have-gots and the have-nots, between the monied and the poor, between the educated and the non-educated. And there are huge and growing chasms daily. And I want to say that it's not simply about generation. It's about genre.

Michael Eric Dyson

DailyBlackGenerationAmericaWant

Hidden nature is secret God.

Sri Aurobindo

NatureGodHiddenSecret

Every week, there's a different twist and turn you're not going to see coming, and how you handle that is important.

Mike McCarthy

WeekYouImportantSeeTurnComing

In 1991 I did an interview wherein I described myself as a 'teetotal Christian,' which was an exaggeration, although I do like tea and Christ.

Moby

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I have been an Avengers fan since the middle 1960s. I grew up with them, and I've imagined a hundred different versions of an Avengers movie. I think I even have a script I wrote back in eighth grade, 'Avengers vs. the Mole Man.' Truly dreadful, but a work of love.

Jonathan Maberry

WorkLoveManThinkBackMiddle

It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world.

Arthur Henderson

FearPowerMyselfPeaceWarWorld

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

August Wilson

WorkForgivenessYourselfDemons

In 1986, I returned to London as editor in chief of 'British Vogue.' Although I still thought of myself as totally English, to my surprise, everyone here thought I was some sort of American control freak.

Anna Wintour

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The rhythm of relations of color and size makes the absolute appear in the relativity of time and space.

Piet Mondrian

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