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David A. Bednar Quotes

A spiritual 'spurter' is one who is given to short bursts of spectacular effort followed by frequent and lengthy periods of rest.

David A. Bednar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: clergyman
Nationality: american
Birth: June 15, 1952

Topics

Spiritual Effort Rest Short Who

With prurient absorption and only minimal risk, we can pretend to be the subject of the lead article on the front page of the Style section of our local newspaper for as long as it takes to finish our morning coffee.

Morning Style Coffee Long Page Risk

I consider myself to be as informed on American foreign policy as anyone in America.

Myself American America Policy

I've been in so many writing workshops where someone hands in a story, and when the other writers in the workshop are giving feedback, they say, 'This is unbelievable.' And the writer says, 'Well, actually, the events are based in real life. This actually happened.'

Life Writing Story Giving Someone

A boycott is directed against a policy and the institutions which support that policy either actively or tacitly. Its aim is not to reject, but to bring about change.

Change Support Aim Policy Bring

You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They could put music in the picture! That's how it all began.

Music Picture You New Know Movies

When you label someone 'up and coming' or 'the new breakout,' there's this kind of expectation. And I think, like I said before, it's very hard to live up to that expectation when you really don't have that much power as an actor - in terms of your career path and the timing.

Live Power Path Think Someone You

Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.

Mickey Spillane

History Smoke Down Want Names Out

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.

Politics Military Ethical Retreat

In every community in Illinois, same-sex couples have chosen to join together and, in many instances, to raise families of their own. These couples are our relatives and friends, our neighbors, co-workers and parents of our children's classmates. They deserve the same rights and responsibilities that civil marriage offers straight couples.

Marriage Community Children Together

I get out on my bike almost every day. If I can't walk somewhere, I'll bike or skateboard.

Walk Day Bike Every Day Out Get

I don't want to discuss my breasts with the whole world!

World Want Breasts Whole Discuss

There is a class, moreover, by whom all these scientific theories, and more are held as ascertained facts, and as the basis of philosophical inferences which strike at the root of theistic beliefs.

Facts Strike Class More Beliefs

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