"As TV embedded itself into the national consciousness, it got us to remember how more than just the facts transmits truth and reality - and in fun, engaging ways. TV also showed us how telling our stories, confronting our own truths makes us and the people with whom we're sharing feel less lonely and alienated."

--

Source : Source: speechwriting-ghostwriting.typepad.com

Lee Gutkind

#Lonely Quotes #Fun Quotes #Reality Quotes

“The Bible is not a book like any other. It makes a claim that God spoke and speaks through its message. It argues that as his creatures, we are accountable to him for what he has revealed. The trustworthiness of Scripture points to its authority as well. Scripture is far more than a history book, as good and trustworthy as that history is. It is a book that calls us to examine our lives and relationship to God. Beyond the fascinating history, it contains vital and life-transforming truths about God and us.”
“I Became a free woman when I decided to stop dreaming, freedom that is waiting for nothing .. and anticipation is a state of slavery”
“One canon reduced to writing by God himself, two testaments, three creeds, four general councils, five centuries, and the series of Fathers in that period â€“ the centuries that is, before Constantine, and two after, determine the boundary of our faith.”

Source : Lancelot Andrewes (1967). “Sermons”
“Transformations require that we let go of familiar ways of doing things, without yet knowing what we will do next.”
“Inspired teachers ... cannot be ordered by the gross from the factory. They must be discovered one by one, and brought home from the woods and swamps like orchids. They must be placed in a conservatory, not in a carpenter shop; and they must be honored and trusted.”
“Yesterday, the Pentagon warned U.S. reporters that they should get out of Baghdad as soon as possible because the U.S. could attack at any time. Then the Pentagon added, 'Whatever you do, don't tell Geraldo.'”
“I never work with an audience - I can't do this. The process depends on the highest degree of nervous concentration.”
“Every actor has three versions of each scene - the one that you rehearse the night before, in your bedroom, the one you actually get to do when you're filming, and then the one you wish you would have done, afterward.”

You may also like:

Annie Dillard
Author
Dinty W. Moore
Essayist
Gay Talese
Author
John Edgar Wideman
Writer
John McPhee
Writer
Lauren Slater
Psychologist
Pat Conroy
Author
Phillip Lopate
Film critic
Susan Orlean
Journalist