John Shelby Spong Quotes

I cannot possibly conceive of my planet Earth as the centre of a three-tiered universe. I know rather that the sun, around which my planet Earth revolves, is a middle sized star in a galaxy called the Milky Way that has over a hundred billion other suns or stars within it.

John Shelby Spong

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Politicians are terrified of losing touch with folks back home but content to be clueless about government's failure to fix real problems.

Jim Cooper

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I do some of my best work when I'm dead.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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I don't prejudge.

Sonia Sotomayor

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I don't mind being a buffoon.

Stewart Rahr

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The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.

Trey Parker

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I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century... This is a problem that cannot be postponed.

Mikhail Gorbachev

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I feel more comfortable when I'm somebody else, I think. When I'm taking a picture as myself, the whole idea of taking a headshot, to me, feels very false.

Missi Pyle

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A mourning dove's beauty is an understated one: the colors of its feathers ranging through various shades of gray and drab violet, often with a striking splash of turquoise around the eyes.

Jonathan Miles

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I also was a huge 'Dukes of Hazzard' fan. I used to have T-shirts that said 'Dierks of Hazzard' custom-made.

Dierks Bentley

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It's just a campy blast. I just want to do as little as I can and make it good, and try not to sell out. I'm sure I will, but I'm just trying to postpone it.

David Spade

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Every time I would give a talk, someone would say, 'You ought to go into politics.' I prefer to call it government leadership. My life has taken me to places where I have experiences that I think I can share. A lot of times, we see people who are career politicians. I'm not the conventional candidate, nor do I want to be.

Brad Wenstrup

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Syria is attracting a lot more Westerners than the Iraq War ever did because it's the perfect Sunni jihad.

Peter Bergen

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