Marilynne Robinson Quotes

My Calvinism persuades me that we are open to God, in the sense that we are not delimited, not organisms with fixed attributes in the manner of the other creatures, but are instead participants in a reality that utterly exceeds our powers of description.

Marilynne Robinson

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GodMeRealityOpenSenseCreatures

Consider the record: In Trump's world, a woman is not in front of a man; her place is behind, under, or on his arm.

Mel Robbins

WomanManWorldPlaceHerBehind

When you're a detective on the midnight shift, you don't have a specialty: you roll on any time they need a detective, whether it's big or small.

Michael Connelly

TimeSmallYouNeedMidnightBig

I like to come up with the melodies, and I have a lot of ideas as far as structure goes.

Steven Tyler

IdeasStructureUpComeFarLike

In the corporate-owned media, men dressed like Ronald Reagan and women dressed like Rita Hayworth disseminate grotesque exaggerations and gossip in authoritative tones.

Steven Weber

WomenMenMediaGossipDressedLike

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

Simone Weil

IntelligenceManProudIntelligent

I'm not one to fall back into the corner and put my fate in someone else's hands. I tend to believe anyone in my position would do the same thing.

Tomi Lahren

BelieveFateSomeoneHandsFall

The life of a boxer is about fighting for world titles.

Roberto Duran

LifeWorldFightingTitlesAbout

I mean, every child at one stage dreams of being a prince or a princess.

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

DreamsChildPrincessMeanStage

You don't know how long you can play this game, so you keep playing it until they tell you to stop.

Miguel Cabrera

GameLongYouStopPlayKnow

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

Michael Jordan

BlackWishPersonRealizeLike

The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second.

Ludwig Quidde

RelationshipGreatPeaceProblems

I love cooking for the sake of understanding how people before me used to feed themselves, used to feed their families.

Jose Andres

LoveCookingPeopleMeUnderstanding

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