Francis Spufford Quotes

It's true that when Christianity is socially powerful, faith can look from the outside as if it is mainly a matter of membership, of participation in the vast synchronised swim of institutions.

Francis Spufford

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FaithPowerfulLookTrueMatter

There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever.

Joe Mantegna

PeopleMeAdviceWillWhateverCome

When you commit to something, you don't want to let your fellow people and yourself down.

Andy Garcia

YourselfPeopleYouDownWantYour

At the end of the day, the great ones - well, they rise, and that's what I want to do.

Andre Ward

GreatDayEnd Of The DayEndRise

In the European tradition, rivers are seen as divisions between peoples. But in the Aboriginal tradition, rivers are seen as the glue, the highway, the linkage between people, not the separation. And that's the history of Canada: our rivers and lakes were our highways.

John Ralston Saul

HistoryPeopleTraditionCanadaGlue

I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week.

Stephen R. George

DayWeekFirstTwoDaysWorking

We want to reinvent the phone. What's the killer app? The killer app is making calls! It's amazing how hard it is to make calls on most phones. We want to let you use contacts like never before - sync your iPhone with your PC or mac.

Steve Jobs

AmazingYouPhoneWantNeverPhones

There's no destination. The journey is all that there is, and it can be very, very joyful.

Srikumar Rao

JourneyDestinationJoyfulVery

There are many comics around who don't really have a feel for comedy. They can say outrageous things, have clever thoughts, and deliver some funny angles. But they are not genuinely funny.

Ronnie Corbett

FunnyThoughtsFeelComedySay

American food is the food of immigrants. You go back a couple of hundred years, and we were all immigrants, unless we're going to talk about Native American cuisine.

Ruth Reichl

FoodAmericanYouBackImmigrants

Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

StandardsAbsenceMadeWhichAppeal

I want people to realize that they matter.

Chris Jordan

PeopleWantMatterRealize

I don't want to release a CD; I want to release the real deal, so we're just gonna take our time.

Brantley Gilbert

TimeWantRealReleaseTakeDeal

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