"I'm living in the heart of gun culture, but I'm not a gun guy. I didn't grow up with them; I was never a hunter; my dad was never a hunter."

-- Jonathan Gottschall

#Growing Up Quotes #Dad Quotes #Heart Quotes

“My love of dynamic complications often led me to avoid simplicity when perhaps it was the wisest choice.”
“What an incredible drug fear is.”
“I tend to relate more to people on television who are just themselves, for good or for bad, than I do to someone who I believe is putting on some sort of persona. The anchorman on 'The Simpsons' is a reasonable facsimile of some anchors who have that problem.”
“Looking at the original lyrics [of "A Song For You" ] as I was preparing it, I thought, "Wow! I feel like it was written for me." That's what a great song does. You don't have to do a lot of homework. You can just say the words and it springs to life.”

Source : "Renaissance man: an interview with Cheyenne Jackson". Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. June 23, 2016.
“Where is the man, who, if asked to become a slave, would not hurl back the offer indignantly in the teeth of the oppressor?”
“This is a good day to die. Follow me!”
“I only write when I'm angry or sad, so because that's when I just have to write... If I'm having a good time and I'm happy and things are going really well, why would I want to stop what I'm doing to go and write at the piano?”
“We are justified freely, for Christâ€™s sake, by faith, without the exertion of our own strength, gaining of merit, or doing of works.Â To the age-old question, â€˜What shall I do to be saved?â€™ the confessional answer is shocking: â€˜Nothing!Â Just be still; shut up and listen for once in your life to what God the Almighty, creator and redeemer, is saying to his world and to you in the death and resurrection of his Son!Â Listen and believe!â€™”

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