"I discovered a version of the sinner's prayer that increased my faith far more than the one that I had said years earlier...In this version, there were no formulas, no set phrases that promised us safe passage across the abyss. There was only our tattered trust that the Spirit who had given us life would not leave us in the wilderness without offering us life again."

-- Barbara Brown Taylor

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“In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame.”
“Dennis Murray is a wonderful Golf Professional who is personable and skillful as an instructor. Dennis helped me work on my golf swing for a full week back in the 80's when I was still playing the PGA Tour. His instruction was great and helped my game very much.”
“Wine pricing is an art - like painting.”
“Husbands are like fires - they go out when unattended.”
“If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you.”
“Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved.”

Source : Eric J. Hobsbawm (1971). “Primitive Rebels: Studies in Archaic Forms of Social Movement in the 19th and 20th Centuries”, p.60, Manchester University Press
“The minute you think that the past was better, your present is second hand, and yourself becomes vintage - itâ€™s okay for clothes not that great for people”
“Science deals exclusively with things as they are in themselves.”

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