"A big issue for Muslims is when Christian evangelizing - telling people about the faith - becomes proselytizing, actively trying to convert. Some Muslims say Christian evangelizing seems like colonialism."

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Source : "Religion&Ethics NewsWeekly" with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. September 19, 2008.

Bob Abernethy

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“My father grew up in an era when to be an American - a white American, at least - was to be yourself. In some respects, his generation was more ignorant, complacent, self-centered and parochial than mine.”

Source : William T. Vollmann (2009). “Riding Toward Everywhere”, p.1, Harper Collins
“I remember running into Aaron's Sorkin office and going "The show's West Wing going to work! I know it's going to work!" And it was literally that moment: the energy, the place, the feel. I didn't know the show would be successful but I thought it was going to be good and I don't have that feeling very often. And we were rehearsing all of that not knowing who the President of the United States was!”
“I can't avoid writing. It's a sort of nervous tic I have developed since I gave up needlepoint.”
“Proportion and propriety are among the best secrets of domestic wisdom; and there is no surer test of integrity than a well-proportioned expenditure.”
“I have long come to believe that, more than any other destruction, our word-recklessness is endangering the future of us all.”
“Over the years, we have lost millions of decent paying jobs. These trade agreements have forced wages down in America so the average worker in America today is working longer hours for lower wages.”
“The Declaration has a moral power which is of enormous weight and influence. The statement of the rights represent a goal, or a standard, to which every man can look and with which he can compare what he in fact enjoys. The fact that no country was prepared to vote against the Declaration indicates its compelling moral force.”
“I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life.”

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