"The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing."

-- Norman Granz

#Dancing Quotes #Singing Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The purely emotional form of Pietism is, as Ritschl has pointed out, a religious dilettantism for the leisure class.”
“My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When you're a kid, you can learn a language much more easily; I learned English in less than a year.”
“Every informed person needs to know about Bitcoin because it might be one of the worldâ€™s most important developments.”
“I would rather my enemy's sword pierce my heart then my friend's dagger stab me in the back." Faustus - Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire”
“Vomit and feces are two reason I have decided not to procreate.”
“There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.”
“Our attitude toward abortion . . . is fixed by our knowledge that according to an eternal plan all of the spirit children of God must come to this earth for a glorious purpose, and that individual identity began long before conception and will continue for all the eternities to come. We rely on the prophets of God who have told us that while there may be 'rare' exceptions, 'the practice of elective abortion is fundamentally contrary to the Lord's injunction, 'Thou shalt not . . . kill, nor do anything like unto it'”
“After much prayer, careful study and reliance on the Holy Spirit, I have concluded this about Christâ€™s intercession for us. Jesus died on the cross to purchase peace with God for me â€“ and He is in heaven now to maintain that peace, for me and in me.”

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