"For a long time religion made me feel guilty for being involved in music. Growing up, the religion I grew up in, the Church of Christ, encouraged a capella, but didn't allow musical instruments, so even though my parents allowed me to play trumpet in the band, and I was pretty good at it, it had this baggage."

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Source : Interview with David Jacob Kramer, believermag.com. June 1, 2009.

Gary Panter

#Growing Up Quotes #Play Quotes #Long Quotes

“With the sincere devotion of our employees, Samsung has achieved stellar performances since its foundation.”
“I was willing to do anything that Chris Carter wrote.”
“I've never been much for self-revelation. In two decades of public life, I always approached the limelight with extreme caution. Not that I kept my personal life off-limits; rather, the personal life I put on display was a blend of fact and fiction.”
“President Obama believes that we have a moral obligation to the next generation to leave our land, water, and wildlife better than we found it,”

Source : "Secretary Jewell Offers Vision for Conservation, Balanced Development, Youth Engagement in National Press Club Speech", www.doi.gov. October 31, 2013.
“Social entrepreneurs are married to a vision of, for example, a better way of helping young people grow up or of delivering global healthcare. They simply will not stop because they cannot be happy until their vision becomes the new pattern.”
“Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.”
“You do not really care for God's mercy or His comfort either, so long as you live in any sin. And it is well that you do not; for you can have neither. Your peace will be like a river, when you put away your sin; but not one word of true peace, not one drop of true comfort, can you have till then.”
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”

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