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When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up-it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.
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People aren't very good listeners, by nature ... Part of being a good communicator is recognizing and understanding that and trying to make the complex simple. I try to capture a concept, an idea or a moment in a few words. If they remember it, job done.
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The president is the high priest of what sociologist Robert Bellah calls the 'American civil religion.' The president must invoke the name of God (though not Jesus), glorify America's heroes and history,quote its sacred texts (the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution), and perform the transubstantiation of pluribus unum.
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My dreams kept me trying when I could have quit.
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I have not wept since the death of my parents," said Luxa quietly. "But I am thought to be unnatural in this respect.
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Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn't do it for money.
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Life is short, the art long.
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My mum told me that I have a gift, but it doesn't make me better than others
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As you move through life, set aside good ideas and give them to others to encourage and inspire.
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If you take missions out of the Bible, you won't have anything left but the covers.
