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Eugene H. Peterson Quotes

Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you ruin your own life.

Eugene H. Peterson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: clergyman
Nationality: american
Birth: November 6, 1932

Topics

Life Power Religion People You Own

Fashion is a very stressful place to work because of the demands of doing the shows - no one expects a writer to produce two books a year on the dot - but it's also a very toxic place to work.

John Galliano

Work Fashion Doing Year Place Toxic

In starting to learn about film festivals and what were good ones - 'cause there are five billion of them - it was just a really good East Coast festival. And I thought this little movie was an East Coast film.

Andrew McCarthy

Good Thought Learn Festivals Little

I was a very early believer in the idea of convergence.

Jean-Marie Messier

Early Idea Believer Very Convergence

Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.

Robert Collier

World Forward Stand You Go Safe

There is no dispute that judges need a pay raise.

Robert Duncan

Judges Need Pay Raise Dispute

As a young man, even if I was going to see a play or a film by myself, I didn't feel like I was alone. There was something that was unfolding up there that brought me into it. And I recognised that. For those two hours, it made me feel like I belonged to something really good.

Tom Hanks

Good Alone Myself Man Me Feel

It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.

Marya Mannes

Communication Live People Better How

I think of entrepreneurship as a way of creating value.

Martine Syms

Value Think Creating Way I Think

The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking.

Jonathan Kozol

Think Questions Remember Asking

I love being in the world of the unknown.

Alison Krauss

Love World Unknown Being I Love

I swear I pick up little gems from every artist that I work with. That's why I'm so appreciative that I've been able to be a songwriter first.

Sevyn Streeter

Work Artist Why First Gems Up

My old life - no amount of getting used to it would have made it right.

Scott Adams

Life Old Right Used Would Made