Kenneth Scott Latourette Quotes

Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have looked back, and rightly, as the preparation in history for their faith.

Kenneth Scott Latourette

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 6, 1884 - December 26, 1968

Topics

FaithHistoryReligionPreparation

We are really the victims of our own problems.

Jimmy Greaves

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He is blind indeed who does not see, in the signs of the times, a strong tendency to plunge the Union as deep in debt as are many of the States, and to subjugate the whole to the paper system.

John C. Calhoun

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My Uncle, of course, would have been pleased to see someone with brown skin holding the office of president.

Alveda King

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I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.

Tony Gilroy

PeopleTalkNeverComingBehind

Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality.

Mathieu Kerekou

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I was very much a part of the civil rights era, so, of course, my fantasy was to marry some outstanding black gentleman, a leader - someone like Martin Luther King who was doing something for black people.

Roxie Roker

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I don't think it could ever be possible to enjoy a job more than 'The Office.'

Lucy Davis

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Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone else's perspective.

Julia Cameron

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Lying does exist in crazy forms.

Chris Pine

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The detail of my art depends entirely on the project itself. I tend to be a little more detail-oriented with covers than I am with interior pages, and I try to reduce the detail on action sequences as opposed to suspense passages.

Brian Stelfreeze

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From Romare Bearden I learned that the fullness and richness of everyday life can be rendered without compromise or sentimentality.

August Wilson

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When I saw contestants fighting for their lives on 'The Biggest Loser,' I realized I just wanted to be healthy - to have fun playing soccer with my son or teaching my daughter to shoot hoops. Then it was so much easier to say no to carbs, soda, or dessert, and the weight just came off.

Alison Sweeney

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