"I also see the world of religion. I see some of my brothers and sisters trying to be religious without being fully human. They seem a little rigid and narrow at times, wanting to be holy, but not human. They seem to be winning a place in heaven, without realizing or enjoying the beauty of earth. They keep the ten commandments, but their observances look so joyless. Such a world seems small and the air in that world is stale."

-- John Powell

#Religious Quotes #Brother Quotes #Winning Quotes

“Of all the hot liquors, I regard buttered rum as the worst. I believe that the drinking of it should be permitted only in the "Northwest Passage" and, even there, only by highly imaginative and overenthusiastic novelists.”
“My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I don't think I could stay interested for a couple of months in a character of mean motivation.”
“The BBC is a perfect example of uncontrolled growth, [occupying] old churches and manor houses, the old Langham Hotel where Sherlock Holmes once met Moriarty and where this correspondent once shared an office with an 8-foot bathtub.”
“No philosophy, my son; it is of no use to an emperor.”
“Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room”

Source : Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.42, Penguin
“You know, I'm really not interested in someone telling me that something's good or bad.”
“You don't want to not be single because you're scared of being single.”

Source : "Alia Shawkat" by Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2016.

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