John Shelby Spong Quotes

Almost any poll of regular churchgoers will reveal that their favorite book in the New Testament is the Gospel of John. It is the book that is most often used at Christian funerals.

John Shelby Spong

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They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.

John O'Hara

WomenGreatMenYoungUnderstand

Perhaps faith is a faith in one's self, the belief that one wouldn't feel so moved by the encounter if it weren't divine, a trust in one's own deepest positive responses. To doubt it would involve a self-alienation.

Robert Nozick

PositiveFaithTrustSelfFeelOwn

I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

FreeThinkIndustrialModernMarket

In retrospect, 'Pulp Fiction' isn't just the template for everything Tarantino has done but the yardstick by which everything else he does is measured one way or another.

Steve Erickson

DoneWayEverythingFictionJustHe

If you want to be an actress or an astronaut or a doctor or anything in between, I just want to let kids know - and especially kids that look like me know - that you can do it. Even though you're not seen, you can make yourself seen.

Storm Reid

YourselfMeYou Can Do ItDoctorYou

Whether you're trying to learn in hockey or trying to learn in life, I've always tried to be observant and tried to learn more, tried to evolve, whether it's as a hockey player or as a person. With each year, I try to do that.

Sidney Crosby

LifeHockeyLearnTryingYearYou

Medicine, which I wouldn't be without, has also been a force for... less good. For example, if you look at our mishandling of the immune system, using antibiotics in children and avoiding infection, we've certainly increased the risk of asthma.

Robert Winston

GoodChildrenMedicineYouLook

Movies used to be called the 'flicks' because they flickered badly: because 16 or 18 frames a second - which was those hand cranked movies on a single-bladed shutter - was really badly flickering.

Douglas Trumbull

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All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James.

Donna Leon

SchoolTelevisionGraduate School

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman.

Pearl S. Buck

EducationHomeWomanManWorldAim

It's great to have loads of Marvel movies, but the movies that reflect our lives - that's why I came to the movies, and that's what I love. I want to see stories about my life being reflected back at me, and there's not that many of those anymore. It's a real shame.

Sharon Maguire

LifeLoveGreatMeMy LifeBack

My position on Speedos changes depending on the country that I'm in. If you're in Europe, it's definitely acceptable.

Thomas Rhett

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