"Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence."

-- James Hunter

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“We recorded that trio and it's out on the Knitting Factory label. I've got another record in the can with that group and Marc, which I'll hopefully finish some time before next summer.”
“I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.”
“If you want to kill time, try working it to death.”
“Here is the paradox of Christian living. We must give up control of self to gain self control.”

Source : FaceBook post by Andy Mineo from Jul 22, 2013
“I wanted a line in a poem to be the hollow ney of the dervish orchestra whose plaintive wail is a call to God. But all I achieved was awkward shrieking. Not even the pure shriek of a reed in the rain.”
“Sylvie had an amazing life, but she didn't get to live it very often.”

Source : "The Great Good Thing: The Sylvie Cycle, Book One". Book by Roderick Townley, 2001.
“I was taken in the Spirit to the burning bush on Mount Horeb, Moses' "first ascension," and allowed to witness the encounter he had with the Lord there. Throughout the visitation, I was enabled to know and feel the thoughts and emotions of Moses' inner being. ... There was a Holy Narrator beside me who helped me understand what I saw and heard, and he made references to relevant passages of Scripture. There were other Biblical figures also present - Joshua, Samuel, David, and even the Lord Jesus were there.”
“If I lost control of the business I'd lose myself-or at least the ability to be myself. Owning myself is a way to be myself.”

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