Francis Chan Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall. – Francis Chan Church Quotes Consumer Quotes Jump Quotes Mindset Quotes People Quotes Prone Quotes Weakens Quotes I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle. When I read the statements of Christ, there seems to be this urgency and intensity. I guess that’s what I get out of it when I read the tone of the Scriptures, which is very different from the tone of our culture.
Maria Semple When I came back from my first TED, very few people knew what it was. But around the time I was sitting down to write ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette,’ in 2010, TED was exploding. – Maria Semple
Betty BuckleyTeacher Well, the teacher I studied with for nineteen and a half years was a man named Paul Gavert. He was a great lieder singer, so basically I’m a trained lieder singer because of that teacher. The teacher I currently study with – since 1995 – is Joan Lader, who also studied with Gavert. – Betty Buckley
Octavia E Butler As a black and as a woman, I didn’t think that I would really want to live in any of the eras before this, because I would inevitably be worse off. I would have spent more time struggling just to prove I was human than doing my work. – Octavia E Butler
Sandra Faber Far from feeling dwarfed by the vast reaches and energy of the cosmos, what we really learn is that we are the most remarkable and complicated product of cosmic evolution, and our potential is unlimited. – Sandra Faber
Nick Park Mainstream animated movies are dumbed-down and sanitised: they make the world in their own image rather than exploring the limitless possibilities that are out there. – Nick Park
Michael JordanWork I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. – Michael Jordan
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