"Old texts, myths, and religions have always fascinated me, though I prefer learning about them to writing papers and trying to make thoughts and arguments regarding their effect or meaning - this being the essence of my time in religious studies."

-- Tom Shields

#Religious Quotes #Writing Quotes #Essence Quotes

“I find it helpful to buy near the low of the last few years.”
“Every sacred cow in the business has to do with economics.”
“People are aware of what I stand for through television. Nobody gets rich on TV but you build brand. That's what I'm attempting to do.”
“I play the keyboard, piano - I like making beats.”
“Too many people try to do the new job, new spouse, new house, new car thing in 18 months. That's a good way to end up broke. We've got to resist the temptation to catch up with our parents in 18 months. Slow down. You have the rest of your life to play catch up. After all, it's just stuff.”
“It is superficial to fall in love with someone looking at their face. To me I need to discover the person. I would never look at someone and exclaim - He is the one!”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord's Prayer is about.”
“This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are.”

Source : 1987 Speech to international meeting of satirists and cartoonists. Reported in the NewYork Times, 28 Jun.

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