"The idea of â€˜calling' was fundamentally redefined: no longer was it about being called to serve God by leaving the world; it was now about serving God in the world"

-- Alister E. McGrath

#Ideas Quotes #Leaving Quotes #Calling Quotes

“Video can seem like just another challenge to overcome, but I see a major increase in my business and brand awareness, all from the power of video.”
“The inflections of community are important because they get at the very meanings of marriage. Marriage is a gift God gives the church. He does not simply give it to the married people of the church, but to the whole church, just as marriage is designed not only for the benefit of the married couple. It is designed to tell a story to the entire church, a story about Godâ€™s own love and fidelity to us”
“When I came on to Jack Reacher, I had just taken my girlfriend on vacation and ate everything I could. I put on about 15 pounds, so when I met [the Jack Reacher team] I was clocking in at about 180. They looked at me and were like, "You're just gonna lose five pounds, we're gonna keep you skinny".”
“The kind of theater that I do is sort of 'narrative realism,' which I think in the broadest sense is legitimate to say is mainstream. I mean, in a certain sense, Suzan-Lori's plays have had mainstream levels of success. But Suzan-Lori is in some ways not a narrative realist.”
“It's not that I dislike the police, but I would never go to the police for anything. It's just that I prefer not..., not calling them.”
“Let's not dismiss or attack individual ideas as being inadequate before we have had a chance to assess their positive effect as part of a whole solution.”
“I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there.”
“Reality television was in some ways being unimaginative at that time. We were excited about the possibilities of the form, to use real people as your stars, to not be about winning, to be about going on complicated, challenging, funny, dramatic journeys.”

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