"It may be easily shown, and is of no small significance, that the two great ideas of which the Anglo-Saxon is the exponent are having a fuller development in the United States than in Great Britain."

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Source : Josiah Strong (1963). “Our Country”

Josiah Strong

#Ideas Quotes #Two Quotes #United States Quotes

“Movies are not about moving, but about whether to move.”

Source : Roger Ebert (2002). “The Great Movies”, p.16, Crown Archetype
“SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters and an idea and write as a process of discovery. Like working without a net.”
“In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in a guiding, unseen power, and whenever this happens, I go with it. That's what inspiration is. You don't get it from the gods. You make it.”
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”
“It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden.”

Source : Muriel Spark (2015). “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”, p.11, Canongate Books
“I think it's important to have an experienced writer or editor critique your work to get it ready to pitch an agent.”
“Creativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge.”
“The safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time.”

Source : Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.58, Baker Books

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