"Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange."

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Source : Twitter post from Sep 6, 2013

Kevin DeYoung

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“Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions.”

Source : William Falconer (1784). “An Universal Dictionary of the Marine: Or, A Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship”, p.62
“Priorities lead to prosperity.”
“No one lives on the top of the mountain. It's fine to go there occasionally -for inspiration, for new perspectives. But you have to come down. Life is lived in the valleys. That's where the farms and gardens and orchards are, and where the plowing and the work is done. That's where you apply the visions you may have glimpsed from the peaks.”
“I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score.”

Source : John Betjeman (2005). “Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of Betjeman's Religious Verse”, p.177, A&C Black
“I wanted to get in the ring and be like Muhammad Ali.”
“No theory of life seemed to him to be of any importance compared with life itself”
“Your insecurities are what makes you different and who you are. If we all were the same, it'd be boring.”
“It's sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid.”

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