"Every Christmas should begin with the sound of bells, and when I was a child mine always did. But they were sleigh bells, not church bells, for we lived in a part of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where there were no churches."

-- Paul Engle

#Children Quotes #Iowa Quotes #Church Quotes

“The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.”
“When you recite you're giving a performance, in the way that an actor or a singer performs, and some poets are not interested in doing that, maybe because they're writing for a readership as opposed to an audience, or because they see poetry as a very private art.”

Source : "Poetry As a Way of Thinking: An Interview with James Arthur". Interview with Emilia Phillips, www.32poems.com.
“By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.”
“The Revelation of God is not a book or a doctrine, but a living Person.”

Source : Emil Brunner (1931). “The Word and the World”
“I've got a great repertoire with my players.”
“There is a time in a boyâ€™s life when the sweetness is pounded out of him; and tenderness, and the ability to show what he feels, is gone.”
“It doesn't matter how much of an ***** you are, there was always someone who thought you were cool.”
“Surfing frees everything up, it's just the best soul fix. Life should be stress-free, and that's what surfing is all about. It's something you do in your sleep, with your eyes closed; it's something you'll constantly embrace and be passionate about, and whatever it takes, you're gonna do it, because nothing else in the world can give you that kind of self-esteem.”

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