"Simple determinism, whether of the genetic or environmental kind, is a depressing prospect for those with a fondness for free will."

-- Matt Ridley

#Depressing Quotes #Simple Quotes #Environmental Quotes

“I'm from Michigan and a down-home girl.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Something like trying to protect yourself all the time, things like trying to outwit fate. Those things can be the worst thing you can do for yourself.”

Source : Neil T. Anderson, Mike Quarles, Julia Quarles (1996). “Freedom from Addiction: Breaking the Bondage of Addiction and Finding Freedom in Christ”, p.174, Gospel Light Publications
“Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.”
“Real love is always chaotic. You lose control; you lose perspective. You lose the ability to protect yourself. The greater the love, the greater the chaos. Itâ€™s a given and thatâ€™s the secret.”

Source : Jonathan Carroll (2010). “White Apples”, p.294, Macmillan
“I really pulled from that repertoire that Billie Holiday was singing, and the way she sang it. It's sort of this beautiful, not really midpoint, but a period of her career where she really still had her voice. She had that deep wisdom that we've come to associate her with. To me, that's her at the height of her powers.”

Source : Source: revive-music.com
“When we look at the cross we see the justice, love, wisdom and power of God. It is not easy to decide which is the most luminously revealed, whether the justice of God in judging sin, or the love of God in bearing the judgment in our place, or the wisdom of God in perfectly combining the two, or the power of God in saving those who believe. For the cross is equally an act, and therefore a demonstration, of Godâ€™s justice, love, wisdom and power. The cross assures us that this God is the reality within, behind and beyond the universe.”
“The really great gallerists have always been interested in imagery that is not that imagery.”
“There aren't really many compliments flying around with me and my friends. It's a lot of tough love. But you know, that love is there, and if you need to have a serious conversation, you just gotta wait for the right time to do it.”

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