"A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ."

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Source : FaceBook post by Ann Voskamp from Jul 08, 2012

Ann Voskamp

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“The other mammoths were as protective of the dying as they were of newborns, and they gathered around tying to make the fallen one get up. When all was over, they buried the dead ancestor under piles of dirt, grass, leaves, or snow. Mammoths were even known to bury other dead animals, including humans.”
“Every noble action is selfish. Some selfish actions are nobler than others. But they are all selfish. And as such there can be no action purely noble anyway. Even the nobility in God's great philosophical intentions is bounded by his vanity.”
“I do cardio, but I don't like it as much. I'd rather do weights.”

Source : "Wonder Woman's Hot Body: Gal Gadot Reveals How She Stays in Superhero Shape". Interview with Marc Malkin, www.eonline.com. March 31, 2014.
“You know, in my hometown of Hope, Arkansas, the three sacred heroes were Jesus, Elvis, and FDR, not necessarily in that order.”
“Stand-up comedy is a raunchy profession.”
“A lot of people think that in order to be an addict you must come from a broken home or from the other side of the tracks. Both of those excuses couldn't be farther from the truth. I come from a family that has a lot of love for one another and I was raised in a middle to upper class neighborhood.”

Source : Interview with Husker Faithful, bleacherreport.com. August 14, 2008.
“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
“Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue.”

Source : Benjamin Robert Haydon, Frederick Wordsworth Haydon (1876). “Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir”, p.255

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