Stanley Hauerwas Quotes

I confess I take perverse delight as a theologian in the controversies surrounding postmodernism.

Stanley Hauerwas

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The thirst for vengeance was the beautiful nature which Homer imitated.

Johann Georg Hamann

NatureBeautifulVengeanceThirst

The rise of the social web promised a new era of personalization for globe-trotting. But like many things born online, as popularity of the new tools increased, efficiency and usefulness began to decrease.

Jenna Wortham

ToolsEfficiencyRiseBornNewWeb

The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in every eastern country.

John Desmond Bernal

MomentCultureWorldPresentCountry

If there's a danger at Facebook, it's the assumption that Facebook has us all locked in and we aren't going to go elsewhere.

Robert Scoble

GoFacebookDangerUsGoingLocked

Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this sounds, kind of uplifting and strange about watching democracy unfold.

Michael Hastings

ExperienceDemocracyKindStrange

Because I'm a bald, dim-witted writer, people think I couldn't possibly be her husband, so they occasionally confuse me for someone more glamorous. At O'Hare airport, a man asked if he could take Rebecca's photo. When I reflexively stepped away, he said, 'No, no, no. I want your picture too, Andre Agassi.'

Steve Rushin

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Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe against attacks from the Eurosceptic right, it would be fatal to retreat into the same arguments and begin the battle anew.

Douglas Alexander

BattleFightingRightDefendBegin

The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: now just because we have long hair doesn't mean that we're rebellious.

Davy Jones

HairLongLong HairRulesNowMean

I made the decision a long time ago that I had an obligation to my children that I happily fulfilled.

Connie Stevens

ChildrenTimeDecisionLongMade

It's also crazy how Shakespeare has that cadence, and it's about locking into the jazz of the language, just like locking into the rhythm in N.W.A's lyrics.

Corey Hawkins

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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.

Brent Scowcroft

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As an adult, it's hard for me to remember my mother before her sickness. But if I go back into childhood, I can access that.

Bruce Eric Kaplan

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