To speak on this very issue is perilous. I want to ask one simple question. This year, the homosexuals. Who's next, churches that receive African-Americans? Churches that allow women in the ministry?
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BOB ROBERTS We need to begin to speak against fraudulent practices in churches. SUNDAY ADELAJA In a short time a group of commissioners arrived to begin organization of a new Indian agency in the... DEE BROWN It's a joint effort between two churches. It's time the churches in this area start working together... ERIC HUTCHINSON So this is going to be drill!? DEYTH BANGER That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can Get f... GEORGE HARRISON The next question we always ask in a turnaround situations is: 'does the world want this company,' BILL NYGREN Jesus didn't ask how you got that way. He addressed the issue as it was. I believe that's what we ne... CARL POLLARD I think there are churches that are bigger when it comes to seats. But this is definitely taller. TOM MONAGHAN I am very proud to be African. I want to defend African people, and I want to show to the world that... YAYA TOURE I think it is true that this is the earliest in an election year that we've seen so much use of chur... BARRY LYNN Churches that should be talking about the work of Christ on the cross and the grace of God for sinne... KEVIN DEYOUNG I call this the great misunderstanding ? the idea that we give because churches need our money. DAVE RAMSEY I think there are people who want to destroy, symbolically, Orthodox churches and I find this behavi... BERNARD KOUCHNER All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD Over this next month, clergy from the pulpits, teachers in the classrooms, volunteers throughout our... DAVID SAPERSTEIN I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so m... PATRICIA IRELAND The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is t... N. T. WRIGHT I am convinced that the influence of an army of godly women will be incalculable--in our homes, our ... NANCY LEIGH DEMOSS The call needs to be put out to all the people of Macomb County. This is not an issue only for Afric... LINDA PARKER The call needs to be put out to all the people of Macomb County. This is not an issue only for Afric... LINDA PARKER There is a memorandum given by the US embassy in Delhi to the external affairs ministry on this issu... GURUDAS DASGUPTA But the churches brought the humanitarian perspective that to a large degree was forgotten. We know ... ANGELO AMADOR We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them. SHANE L. KOYCZAN Sometimes becoming drug free has less to do with addiction and more to do with sanity. SHANE L. KOYCZAN The figures speak for themselves. If African-Americans are three times more likely to receive a high... CHRIS LEONARD While both these statements refer to eggs, the main difference between these two rather irking state... CHRISTINA ENGELA This is a historic moment. We were the mother church to all Catholic churches in the area. This buil... DAWN SMITH You can count on one hand the number of Novus Ordo churches in this country that feature a fully Cat... RICHARD MORRIS I just want to make sure that I'm taking roles that are positive, real, honest reflections of Af... KAT GRAHAM We understand that not all churches can pull off canceling or relocating a service, ... We still con... ALAN GREENE We understand that not all churches can pull off canceling or relocating a service. We still conside... ALAN GREENE These churches can do a ton of things that smaller churches can't. NANCY AMMERMAN There is still some resistance in churches, there is a glass ceiling to calling women as senior past... CAROL WOOD I support mosques, obviously. We need churches, temples, mosques. Whatever people use to speak with ... PETER T. KING We see this in prison more often than in churches. I believe you guys in here totally rely on God. JAMES HELTON There have been many Methodist churches that have closed in the core, and we believe there is still ... BARRY CARPENTER I think one of the political problems we have in this country is the perspective that all soccer mom... ANNE NORTHUP The gospel that has been preached in our churches has not been fair to the African continent. It has... SUNDAY ADELAJA Black women have not historically stood in the pulpit, but that doesn't undermine the fact that they... MAYA ANGELOU The main question now is how can the churches come back on their own. That will be difficult given t... GERALD WEBSTER Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was... LIONEL BLUE I think the Protestant churches and the Roman Catholic church have done a lot to change people's int... ROBERT WEXLER He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY Before you start talking or writing, be clear about the message you want to deliver to your audience... SOTONYE ANGA ,i>Since the Holy Spirit Gifts men and women alike, women should bel allowed to lead in the manne... ALAN GARRETT I can't even SARAH VAN WATERSCHOOT When man meets himself upon the reflexion of the mirror, it is always advisable to ask the question ... PABLO ANDRéS WUNDERLICH PADILLA Churches such as Pilgrim Baptist [one of Chicago's most historic black churches, which recently burn... MICHAEL NOBLE All churches are an echo of this—the Cathedral of Nature. SETH ADAM SMITH This bill fits very nicely into the theme that the governor has been pounding, and it comes down to ... BILL HERRLE For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burden... BIBLE I don't want to say wait 'til next year because we're still in the midst of this year, but I've got ... ROB ROONEY What we want is a national inquiry into this issue. We also need to see resources put in to communit... BEVERLEY JACOBS This is radioactive. This is the issue that dare not speak its name. MARSHALL WITTMANN I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH So you're going to have to ask yourselves on simple question: Which one of us is speaking now? JASPER FFORDE This is not our bill. We didn't ask for the bill. We're not lobbying on the bill. JEFF BENTOFF This bill is not a panacea, but it begins to speak to that issue. That this is something we all have... MIKE GRONSTAL They went on the rampage, burning shops and churches of the Christians. The protesters killed the ot... JOSEPH HAYAB There is absolutely nothing to be gained by settling the issue with compromise this year. One very v... DIRK VAN DONGEN The balance message is that churches are to teach people the miracle workers themselves. SUNDAY ADELAJA In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, R... POPE FRANCIS That doesn't happen in 99 percent of the companies in this country. Even companies who applied to ou... LUKE VISCONTI Some legislators are in favor of this bill, because supporting this tax cut will sound good on the c... DERYK PARKER Groups like the NAACP, The Anti-Defamation League, NOW and GLAAD, will respond to derisive language ... JOHN C. MCGINLEY This fiscal year should be fine, but the question will be how they do in the next fiscal year. Their... HAJIME YAGI The bells are a very good investment. They never break if they are maintained. I can teach the kids ... DAN GRABLE Overall, maybe 40 African-Americans become licensed in any given year. The numbers of African-Americ... DENNIS MANN Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult ... HENRY LOUIS GATES It turns out that this part of the brain is one of the first areas that's attacked by Alzheimer&... JOHN O'KEEFE I am really taken aback by that. Just to single out churches is not fair. COUNCILMAN HENRY FICKLIN Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU In 1775, no fewer than nine colonies had established churches, ranging from Congregational establish... M. STANTON EVANS This is an incredible time for Habitat. We're working with partners, corporations, churches, leaders... JOEDY ISERT If you want to make the police uncomfortable, all you need to do is ask this question: How many comp... 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He's a ball mover. It's not that our offense has been so slow ... we ran the same stuff when he was ... BILL SELF The young guys ... they have been playing ample minutes in my opinion. BILL SELF I don't know if one player spurred it (team chemistry) on more than others, but I do think Russell R... BILL SELF You look at the four teams that tied with six wins, any of those teams can do some damage. Certainly... BILL SELF He'll wear a splint when he's not practicing. (On the court) he'll tape it up and be fine. BILL SELF We played great offensively. We made shots. The offense looks a lot better, and certainly we did (sh... BILL SELF I was very disappointed in our toughness. We were not very tough tonight. BILL SELF In my opinion when you have depth, you should be able to sit guys with two fouls. We subbed with nin... BILL SELF Teams learn how to win when they're not playing well and this team did that against Oklahoma. It's a... BILL SELF I think he's just scratching the surface of how good he can be. BILL SELF You want to beat them on the court, or on the field. But after that, there is a strong fraternity of... BILL SELF He got a good one. If he was a boxer, they would have called the fight. I don't know how many (stitc... BILL SELF I felt we should have attacked the basket. It worked out perfect. We got the ball to Keith. He had p... BILL SELF I am most pleased with J.R. and Keith combining for 10 assists and only one turnovers. That's the ki... BILL SELF I didn't know that senator Dole had followed it that close. I was thrilled. He really knew quite a b... BILL SELF If you're not a one or two seed, the difference between the teams is minimal. BILL SELF Just because guys have been here before, they are not going to have the upper hand, BILL SELF I know it hurts. It crushed him. But if the kid isn't tough, how can a walk-on kid from Asheville, N... BILL SELF With the game evolving into so many ball screens and stretching defenses, you're so much harder to g... BILL SELF Brandon's got to be a playmaker for us. When you're shooting 60 percent from three, you need to be t... BILL SELF Julian's going to have some turnovers because of the way he plays, and we're going to have to live w... BILL SELF I don't think panic's set in by any means. But in fans' minds, they're thinking it's awful early to ... BILL SELF I was disappointed in how we played not how we lost because Arizona's a great team. I thought we mig... BILL SELF I was disappointed in how we played not how we lost because Arizona's a great team, ... I thought we... BILL SELF We're going to be faster as a team. I think we could be a much better offensive rebounding team, BILL SELF What happens on the Internet is some (players) are sensitive and some guys aren't. Some guys look at... BILL SELF Brandon and his family rightfully have been waiting for positive feedback from the NCAA Clearinghous... BILL SELF All reports we have received indicate Rodrick had no involvement in the altercation other than him b... BILL SELF He's hard to guard because he's unorthodox. He doesn't have a good base yet. Guys can certainly disl... BILL SELF From my standpoint, this was sweeter than any of the other ones that I have had, because we started ... BILL SELF Certainly, from my stand point, this was sweeter than any of the other (victories) that we have had ... BILL SELF Halfway through the second half, (the Raiders) were physically tired because we were able to throw a... BILL SELF That's done. We don't need to be under the radar anymore; we need to be out there. It worked out rea... BILL SELF I called [Pete] to say, 'What's going on? You're calling everybody but me,' ... He told me they were... 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WILL SELF Sometimes, when I hear people without experience of addiction blame addicts for their behaviour, I f... WILL SELF Instead of looking at individual buildings, it makes more metaphorical sense to think of New York as... WILL SELF A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism. WILL SELF You know that sickening feeling of inadequacy and over-exposure you feel when you look upon your own... WILL SELF When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they see... WILL SELF In survey after survey, people report that the greatest dangers they face are, in this order: terror... WILL SELF With spectacular events taking up so much of the available anxiety quotient, we need to be constantl... WILL SELF In truth, even if they have an imperfect insight into their own methods, I still slightly mistrust w... 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CASEY SELF What's really bothering and frustrating is that other public entities can do it, but because of pure... CASEY SELF My partner is 11 years older than me, and I'd like for him to be able to retire. CASEY SELF ASU is trying to recruit top-notch faculty, and this is what stops many of them. CASEY SELF I always wanted to write fiction. Always. As far back as I can remember it's been integral to my... WILL SELF I prefer to write first drafts as soon as possible after waking, so that the oneiric inscape is stil... WILL SELF A very beautiful young woman once asked me to sign her breasts. That was back when I was a hip young... WILL SELF I can't remember who it was who advocated that you should march with the left and dine with the ... WILL SELF So heedless have we become of our own image that second-hand mobile phones now invariably come with ... WILL SELF Television is the same as the telephone, and the same as the World Wide Web for that matter. People ... WILL SELF Just as the blurring between childhood and adulthood has produced the kidult, so the stretching of m... WILL SELF Political activists of all stripes are usually a wacky bunch, and never more so than in a system lik... WILL SELF Nowadays, my mood ungoverned, I'm free to think the most outrageous things, such as: might it no... WILL SELF So I was smacked out on the Prime Minister's jet, big deal. WILL SELF As a species, we're addicted to the facile discrimination involved in saying that something or p... WILL SELF Who'd want to be a modernist writer in the English-speaking world? WILL SELF I don't think in terms of that bizarre tautology 'value for money' in my literary and jo... WILL SELF I'd rather fiddle with my phone for precious seconds than neglect an apostrophe; I'd rather ... WILL SELF For myself, I haven't been content to carry on producing books that merely strain against the co... 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RODNEY SELF abundant feeling of your presence in front of Allah is enjoy full solitude state where you are in bo... M.I.SHAIKH MY SELF Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you kno... BILL MAHER No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between fri... BILL MURRAY President Obama is a utopian at heart. He wants to improve the lives of the downtrodden, which is a ... BILL O'REILLY Since the time of St. Jerome, it was mandatory for any kind of scholar or thinker to spend time out ... BILL VIOLA When birds burp, it must taste like bugs. BILL WATTERSON Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems. BILL WATTERSON God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that... BILL WATTERSON There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do. BILL WATTERSON We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks. BILL WATTERSON We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves an... BILL WATTERSON From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way. BILL WATTERSON Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's differ... BILL WATTERSON The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life... I don't wa... BILL WATTERSON The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present. BILL WATTERSON The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a... BILL WATTERSON Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous? BILL WATTERSON Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery. BILL WATTERSON If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life. BILL WATTERSON It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept. BILL WATTERSON Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless. BILL WATTERSON Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell. BILL COPELAND Keep your word. Honor commitments, and they will double back to honor you. BILL RANCIC Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But i... BILL GATES The outside perception and inside perception of Microsoft are so different. The view of Microsoft in... BILL GATES According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first w... BILL GATES My son likes to go see mines and electric plants, or the Large Hadron Collider, and we've had a ... BILL GATES Like any well designed software product, Windows is designed, developed and tested as an integrated ... BILL GATES The quality of research in the U.S. is absolutely the best. BILL GATES The bulk of the universities are about teaching kids. BILL GATES People want to watch whatever video they want to watch whenever they want to watch. If you provision... BILL GATES In K-12, almost everybody goes to local schools. Universities are a bit different because kids actua... BILL GATES My wife thinks she's better than me at puzzles. I haven't given in on that one yet. BILL GATES In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive. BILL GATES I think there will be PCs at every price point. BILL GATES I don't have a magic formula for prioritizing the world's problems. BILL GATES The truth of Moore's law has made remarkable things possible. On the software side, I think natu... BILL GATES The only definition by which America's best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis. BILL GATES Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. ... BILL GATES At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I&... BILL GATES I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I'm still fanatical, but now I'm a littl... BILL GATES Polio's pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on... BILL GATES I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so t... BILL GATES To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes so... BILL GATES Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. BILL GATES People everywhere love Windows. BILL GATES I'm never fully satisfied with any Microsoft product. BILL GATES The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important. BILL GATES If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago... BILL GATES Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing. BILL GATES Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health. 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