"I recommend Doug Sweeney's recent book [Jonathan] Edwards the Exegete (Oxford University Press, 2015), which is a terrific treatment of the way in which Edwards was steeped in the Bible, so that it shaped the whole of his thinking."

-- Oliver D. Crisp

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“When you're busy blocking out difficult emotions and feelings, you're not going to feel the good stuff, either.”

Source : Valerie Bertinelli (2008). “Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time”, p.272, Simon and Schuster
“I'll spend more time getting dressedÂ than I spent at the actual event.”
“I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?”

Source : The New York Times Interview, 1958.
“I think people are wrong to do it, to compare him to your way of wanting to do it. If you're passionate about it, do it and do it your way. It's not always going to be in front of the cameras after a football game - that was the way I did it. Somebody else has a different way, and that's [James] LeBron, and I know who he is. And I can't get into specifics, but it did upset me that people were calling him out for that because they were just wrong.”

Source : "'People Told Me to Shut Up and Play Football'". "Hang Up and Listen" with Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca, www.slate.com. July 18, 2016.
“Do your very best on every task. Imagine that everyone is watching even when no one is watching.”
“Change is not a four letter word...but often your reaction to it is!”
“I've always been fascinated by music and sounds. I was lucky to receive proper classical training as an orchestra player and I'm always learning as a composer, looking to create new flavors and colors.”
“The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile, the underlying structural problems in American politics and government are systemic and prevent us from solving our most intractable challenges.”

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