"I'm interested in the hope we invest in science, and the disappointment we can feel when science flattens, or 'explains,' the larger mysteries of religion."

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Ben Marcus

#Disappointment Quotes #Mystery Quotes #Feels Quotes

“One by one, these disciples would infect the nations with grace. It wasn't a call to take the sword or the throne and force the world to bow. Rather, they were to live the contagious love of God, to woo the nations into a new future.”
“When it comes to sports, women are big targets for abuse because the resentment is two-fold. Some resent us for our confidence and beliefs. But there also is an added resentment because we are supposedly infiltrating a space that has been decidedly male.”
“[Photography] ties back into this feeling of wanting to watch things fall and the moment before they break. Fireworks are that way for me - this lovely thing that blows up and is gone. It all goes back to this desire to record things before they disappear - the original reason we take pictures, right?”
“And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.”
“I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.”
“When priorities are proper, the power to endure is increased. And when internalized, those priorities will help keep you from "going overboard."”
“The era of using people as production tools is coming to an end. Participation is infinitely more complex to practice than conventional corporate unilateralism, just as democracy is much more cumbersome than dictatorship. But there will be few companies that can afford to ignore either of them.”
“A two-and-a-half-year-old is pretty experienced at making a mess, anyway.”

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