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To get overprotective about particular readings of the Bible is always in danger of idolatry.


N. T. Wright

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STEPHEN WRIGHT Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.
RONALD WRIGHT My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.
STEPHEN WRIGHT I know of only one bird - the parrot - that talks; and it can't fly very high.
WILBUR WRIGHT Even bitches can get a break in life.
SUZANNE WRIGHT Such evidence is not the only kind which produces belief; though positivism maintains that it is the...
CHAUNCEY WRIGHT The Internet is both great and terrible. As a source of information, a tool for delivering music and...
GARY WRIGHT My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.
STEVEN WRIGHT Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time... I think I’ve forgotten this b...
STEVEN WRIGHT I had no idea 'The Dream Weaver' would be so successful. Everything just fell into place wit...
GARY WRIGHT George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk.
STEVEN WRIGHT The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Alaska. Now Santa Claus is missing.
STEVEN WRIGHT We were then satisfied that, with proper lubrication and better adjustments, a little more power cou...
ORVILLE WRIGHT We've observed that people who stall in their personal growth work often have counterproductive ...
JUDITH WRIGHT There's good art and there's bad art. A lot of action films are bad art, but Paul Greengrass...
JOE WRIGHT In a lot of action films, a lot of guys are driving muscle cars or vintage cars, whereas in reality,...
EDGAR WRIGHT I argued that I didn't have any of the attributes to pose for cheesecake. I said I would have to...
TERESA WRIGHT If God dropped acid, would he see people?
STEVEN WRIGHT The fact that people still know us is, in my opinion, a result of our music and of the big money tha...
RICK WRIGHT