"Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Namie Amuro

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“Professionally, I decided to commit a lot of my time to California because there wasn't a whole lot happening for me in New York.”
“I had my chance.' He said it, retiring from a lifetime of wanting. 'I had my chance, and sometimes in life, there are no second chances. You look at what you have, not what you miss, and you move forward.”
“Last night I had rinsed out my sari strip and briefs in the sea. I walked down naked to where they hung in the branches of the silvery leafed tree beside the creek. Underneath the lazy sensuality of a luxurious stretch from toes to nose I felt the strong unequivocal demand of my blood. I hugged myself for a moment watching the grey light yield to dawn through half-closed eyes.”
“[the virtues] cannot exist without Prudence. A proof of this is that everyone, even at the present day, in defining Virtue, after saying what disposition it is [i.e. moral virtue] and specifying the things with which it is concerned, adds that it is a disposition determined by the right principle; and the right principle is the principle determined by Prudence.”
“Fortunately I am not the first person to tell you that you will never die. You simply lose your body. You will be the same except you won't have to worry about rent or mortgages or fashionable clothes. You will be released from sexual obsessions. You will not have drug addictions. You will not need alcohol. You will not have to worry about cellulite or cigarettes or cancer or AIDS or venereal disease. You will be free.”

Source : Cookie Mueller (1997). “Ask Dr. Mueller: The Writings of Cookie Mueller”, Serpent's Tail
“The word of God is definitely above culture, in terms of what or who should have authority in our lives. However, we must remember that we are within culture, and our calling in Christ is to play our part in the redemption and transformation of individuals and cultures. I believe the recent history of the religious subculture teaches all too clearly that unless we are moving forward in seeking the genuine transformation of culture, then we are standing still and it is transforming us.”
“The alternative to peace is war, which will expose everyone to mass casualties, misery and a loss of perspective for many years to come.”
“Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system of Pharaoh, the refusal to let oneâ€™s life be defined by production and consumption and the endless pursuit of private well-being.”

Source : Walter Brueggemann (2010). “Journey to the Common Good”, p.26, Westminster John Knox Press

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