"We tend to speak of sin in very personal and individual terms. Jeremiah does not downplay that, but he also sees how a whole society can be bound up in the tentacles of sin, in the assumptions that everybody around you makes, about how it becomes easier to sin than not to, and how we can become so confused and contradictory in our reactions, when sin is pointed out."

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Source : Source: www.patheos.com

Christopher J. H. Wright

#Confused Quotes #Assumption Quotes #Speak Quotes

“Recognition for a job well done is high on the list of motivating influences for all people; more important in many instances than compensation itself. When someone is promoted, a promotion that everyone could see coming because of an excellent record, the entire department is stimulated. For it is clear, then, that promotions are based on merit. A promotion that seems to come out of the blue, which is always the case when no one knows what the next fellow is doing, causes nothing but resentment and a further weakening of the will to work.”
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
“Family is the last and greatest discovery. It is our last miracle.”
“Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out.”
“We're all going to hell for the songs we sing.”

Source : "Fictional character: Jerry Lee Lewis". "Walk The Line", www.imdb.com. 2005.
“A great dress can make you remember what is beautiful about life.”
“When you're a teenager, you don't want to bring your emotions to the surface and talk about them. You want to push them away.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Redd laughed. "The lovely thing about being here," she said, gesturing at the maze, "is that I'm able to immagine your imagination powerless. Ah, if only that were the case on the outside. But enough chitchat. If you're going to die--which you are--I'm sure you'd like to get it over with." --The Looking Glass Wars”

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