Erwin McManus Quotes

The Bible has been trapped in modernity. Everything has to work perfectly. And if everything doesn't fit in a Lego-oriented functionality, then we don't deal with it as Christians.

Erwin McManus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 28, 1958

Topics

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When I first arrived in Los Angeles I became a little bogged down in the whole success thing. Now I'm at a place in my life and career where I just want to work. It's what I do and it makes me very happy.

John Glover

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In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.

Tom Clancy

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I like girls who are funny with a warped sense of humor.

Robert Buckley

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I really want people to know me, to find out about me, and if they really like me, to stick with me.

Mika

PeopleMeFindKnowWantOut

I think the power of Stieg Larsson's stories is that he has the guts to show the hidden spots in the side of Sweden. That gave us a push to say that for the first time. That they can't have with the American version.

Michael Nyqvist

PowerTimeThinkAmericanPushSay

What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared.

Doris Lessing

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When somebody says, 'Do you want to play Dr. Dre in a movie?' I mean, how do you respond to that? My initial response was 'no' because I don't think I can do it ,and I don't want to be the one to mess it up!

Corey Hawkins

ThinkYouI CanPlayWantMean

Jim Crow laws stripped blacks of basic rights. Despite landmark civil rights laws, many public schools were still segregated, blacks still faced barriers to voting, and violence by white racists continued. Such open racism is mostly gone in America, but covert racism is alive and well.

Bob Beckel

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I might say something in Spanish; it all depends on how I'm feeling, what the situation is.

Bobby Bonilla

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The most emotionally connected I've ever been to a character is Natsuki in 'Summer Wars.'

Brina Palencia

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My favorite type of music to sing is country, and my favorite type of music to listen to is country.

Scotty McCreery

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When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship.

Marlo Thomas

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