"Think about how many of us have wondered why we don't fit, why our faith doesn't stabilize us, why we seem so out of sync with most of the world. Genuine faith is the isolating force in our lives that creates tension wherever we go. To put it another way, faith is the unbalancing force in our lives that is the fruit of God's disturbing presence."

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Source : Mike Yaconelli (2009). “Messy Spirituality”, p.54, Harper Collins

Mike Yaconelli

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“Everybody wants to be pretty because that's what they've been told will make them feel good even though there's no proof that people who are prettier are healthier and happier. So why don't we just cut to the chase and go straight to what makes us feel good?”
“The thing I like least about being famous is being overly scrutinized for everything I say and do.”
“You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens.”
“In a strange way we were free. We'd reached the end of the line. We had nothing more to lose. Our privacy, our liberty, our dignity: all of this was gone and we were stripped down to the bare bones of our selves”

Source : Susanna Kaysen (2013). “Girl, Interrupted”, p.94, Vintage
“Artists are often the barometers of society.”
“When I'm in London, Claridge's is a great favourite. I'm a big fan of art deco architecture and the rooms are extraordinary.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The artist lives in an atmosphere of perpetual failure.”
“Comedy is a wonderful device for distance that allows us to look at what we're talking about with some degree of distance and hopefully with a bit more perspective and honesty. With many exceptions, a movie with no jokes is far less appealing to me.”

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