"The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes the dominating factor."

-- Oswald Chambers

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“I was raised in Oklahoma. I was actually born in Tulsa, but I grew up in a small town on the west side of Oklahoma called Elk City on a farm, where my dad grew up, actually.”

Source : "DIVA TALK: A Chat with Piazza's Kelli O'Hara Plus News of Menzel, Haran and Lansbury". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. August 26, 2005.
“I just want to entertain.”
“We are all tied together in a garment of mutual destiny,”

Source : Hill Harper (2009). “The Conversation: How Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships”, p.9, Penguin
“The arrows of malevolence ... however barbed and well pointed, never can reach the most vulnerable part of me; though, whilst I am up as a mark, they will be continually aimed.”
“In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn.”
“I started asking friends, my white friends around, I said, "What's something that you think all Asians have in common?" They almost always immediately said, "Slanted eyes." I thought that's really interesting. No. 1, it simply isn't true. Not all Asian Americans have slanted eyes, and of course, Asians aren't the only ethnic identities to have them. No. 2, we could talk about our slant on life and what it's like to be people of color, while at the same time, using this outdated and obscure racial slur, and turning it on its head.”
“Unfortunately the niveau of political culture is not particularly high in Poland - a relic of the communist past.”
“It seems to me, then, that vulnerability and and self-disclosure are at the heart of what we understand about the nature of God. And the reason I believe gay and lesbian people are spiritual people is that we too have participated in vulnerability and self-disclosure, especially in the process of coming-out. When someone shares with you who they really, really are, it is a special offering. To do so when it risks rejection is a profound, holy gift.”

Source : Gene Robinson (2012). “God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage”, p.109, Vintage

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