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Elaine Pagels Quotes

These ancient stories in religion speak to our desire. But they move us toward hope.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: american
Birth: February 13, 1943

Topics

Hope Religion Speak Desire Ancient

Greece has got something like 1,400 islands. There is so much of Greece you can't know even if you're Greek. It's sprinkled out all around the edge of the Aegean, all over the place. It's already a secret place wherever you go, even if it's somewhere huge like Athens or Corinth. The place enchanted me.

Me You Place Edge Go Know

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Coward Safe Only He Threatens

I think I did a lot of really stupid stuff really quickly in my twenties and that sort of led me to want to sort of just relax a little bit. Relax a lot.

Me Relax Stupid Think Want Little

There's no reason you shouldn't, as a writer, not be aware of the necessity to revise yourself constantly.

Yourself You Reason Necessity Aware

One of my favorite things about supernatural fiction is its vast array of creatures.

Fiction Things Favorite Things Vast

I was really into 'Cocktail' when I was younger - probably the most - followed by 'Top Gun.'

Gun Top Cocktail Most Younger

I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then as a senior in high school I put together a jazz quintet called The Bobby Mack Jazz Quintet.

Together School High School Living

It's hard to give specific advice because there's so many different types of animals. In making movies, you just have to figure out what type of animal you are and then find the road.

Animal Road Advice You Find Movies

When a character bears the same name as the author it's just an invitation to have some fun.

Arthur Phillips

Character Fun Name Same Invitation

Nothing replaces being in the same room, face-to-face, breathing the same air and reading and feeling each other's micro-expressions.

Reading Feeling Nothing Air Room

Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role.

Judge Understanding Judges Bench Who

What's a space elevator? Simply described, it's a thin ribbon, about 3 feet wide and 60 thousand miles long, stretching upwards from the surface of the Earth. The lower end is bolted to a heavy anchor (think of an oil drilling platform), and the top is capped with a counterweight.

Space Feet Think End Long Earth

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