"Things you did. Things you never did. Things you dreamed. After a long time they run together."

-- Richard Ford

#Life Quotes #Running Quotes #Long Quotes

“We must be what we are, or we become our enemies.”
“There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.”
“I went to China for a brief working visit, and I thought that Shanghai was interesting, but Beijing totally grabbed me.”
“Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.”
“Atheist’s denial of God’s existence needs just as much substantiation as does the theist’s claim; the atheist must give plausible reasons for rejecting God’s existence.”
“Are artists and writers the only people entitled to lives of their own?”
“What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.”
“There is a kind of preaching that God blesses, specifically the proclamation that exalts the crucified Christ by the power of the Spirit. Conversely, there is a kind of preaching that God does not bless, a mere echoing of manâ€™s empty wisdom that is devoid of Christ.”

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