"... a compensation is something which does not quite compensate ..."

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Source : Frances Parkinson Keyes (1968). “Dinner at Antoine's”

Frances Parkinson Keyes

#Doe Quotes #Compensation Quotes

“Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy in that region is neither possible nor even desirable”
“Death is so genuine a fact that it excludes falsehoods, or betrays its emptiness; it is a touchstone that proves the gold, and dishonors the baser metal.”
“Perhaps, after all, our best thoughts come when we are alone. It is good to listen, not to voices but to the wind blowing, to the brook running cool over polished stones, to bees drowsy with the weight of pollen. If we attend to the music of the earth, we reach serenity. And then, in some unexplained way, we share it with others.”
“But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses.”
“If somebody makes me laugh, Iâ€™m his slave for life.”
“It is not so much the case that God has a mission for his church in the world, as that God has a church for his mission in the world. Mission was not made for the church; the church was made for mission - Godâ€™s mission.”

Source : Christopher J. H. Wright (2013). “The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative”, p.62, InterVarsity Press
“Working in film, I'm sure you have insight into this, there's something great that only comes by way of interactions with others that a monastic life does not afford.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Theater is still a medium which attracts young writers. You'd think that it would be all over by now, with television and film. But it's not.”

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