Somebody Smarter Said

"There are no shortcuts, no do-overs – what happened, happened. All of this matters." - Jack Shepherd

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"The greatest thing about Facebook, is that you can quote something and totally make up the source.” - George Washington

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"I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments." - Jim Morrison

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"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." - Douglas Adams

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"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams

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"If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." - Toni Morrison

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"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." - Mark Twain

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"There is something in every human being that is beyond our wildest comprehension in its capacity for both good and evil. I can do the utterly unexpected because the presence of eternity beats within me." - Dan Allender

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"Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived." - Captain Jean Luc Picard

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"The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too." - Teresa of Avila

Somebody Smarter Said - 13

"The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done." - Mother Theresa

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"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." - Nelson Mandela

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"The Bible is a collection of stories that teach us about what it looks like when God is at work through actual people." - Rob Bell

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"Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist." - Bono

Somebody Smarter Said - 9

"I have three things I'd like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don't give a shit. What's worse is that you're more upset with the fact that I said shit than the fact that 30,000 kids died last night." -Tony Campolo

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"Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow." - Mahatma Gandhi

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"The writing itself can provide the solace, the illumination, the direction, the self-awareness... and it can open your heart. And there's nothing more important than that." - Anne Lamott

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"There's a fine line between healthy mistrust of humanity and outright paranoia." - Scott Adams

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"As any great artist will attest, it is the focus that begins the process of creating a great masterpiece; there are plenty of artists who imagine great works but never do anything." - Shawn Wood

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"Omnipotence which can lay its hand so heavily upon the world can also make its touch so light that the creature receives independence." - Soren Kierkegaard