Brennan Manning Quotes

Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat out denial of the gospel of grace.

Brennan Manning

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 27, 1934 - April 12, 2013

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I'm very cheerful about coming back to the U.K. We increasingly found ourselves gravitating towards London. There was so much going on for our business, and we had grown substantially here.

Jim Ratcliffe

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The contextual age means we're going to have to go to war on noise.

Robert Scoble

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People can dress it up however they want to, but boxing is life and death.

Tony Bellew

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When I perform, I usually wear wigs because I love them.

Rita Ora

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You won't find me in a sports bra and low-slung leggings.

Mary Helen Bowers

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I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own.

Michael Palin

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My apartment looks like no one lives in it.

Michael Kors

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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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I came from this very traditional background and I benefited hugely from feminism. I felt privileged going to university and doing a PhD. Most people of my background don't get to do that.

Denise Mina

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I have one of those old-fashioned mothers who told me every single day, 'Son, you can do or be anything that you want to do or be.' And I believed it. I bought into it 100%.

Chris Gardner

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I had friends who died in the 9/11 tragedy; some of my friends lost family members in the aftermath of Godhra.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I'm confident being at Universal, which is a great home for me, 'cause they understand what I'm trying to do.

Pras Michel

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