Pastoral Resources

He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote... takes on the character of divine revelation.

I don't really think they saw anything in me, except the fact that I was interested in it. Some of the kids would miss a week here and miss a week there, I think they could see that I really enjoyed it.

In fact, I had to make an enormous adjustment to this, not only in listening to it but in playing with it. It's a full sound. In some instances, you must have the volume to get the effect.

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only as graphic as need be. And never included unless it furthers the plot or character development.

When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I?

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.

I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests.

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.

Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction.

I try to practice with my life.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.

You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt.