Made It Quotes - Page 17

• Christianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made it into an established "religion" (and all that goes with that) and avoided the lifestyle change itself. One could be warlike, greedy, racist, selfish, and vain in most of Christian history, and still believe that Jesus is one's "personal Lord and Savior" . . . The world has no time for such silliness anymore. The suffering on Earth is too great.

  Richard Rohr

  Christian, Jesus, Selfish

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• Everything I do is completely original-I made it up when I was a kid.

  Claes Oldenburg

  Art, Kids, Made

  Claes Oldenburg, International Council of the Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), Tate Gallery (1970). “Claes Oldenburg: an exhibition organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, under the auspices of the International Council of the Museum, the Tate Gallery, London 24 June - 16th August 1970”

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• It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful. It was because she seized the right moment to impart knowledge that made it so pleasant and acceptable to me.

  Helen Keller

  Beautiful, Wisdom, Teacher

  Helen Keller (2016). “The Story of My Life”, p.26, Om Books International

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• I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL in Syria, as well as Iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency: if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Mean, Safe Haven

  "Obama outlines ISIS strategy: Airstrikes in Syria, more U.S. forces". Nationally televised address, edition.cnn.com. September 11, 2014.

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• A personal note to the Founding Fathers: We're sorry. We blew it. You made it possible for us to live free and we blew it. We've given up nearly every personal liberty in the name of a false sense of security sold to the masses by the same type of maniacal government about which you warned us and against which you fought so bravely. We now have to ask permission to take a leak on an airline flight. We never deserved you.

  Philip D. Murphy

  Sorry, Father, Government

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• In my estimation it was obvious that Jansky had made a fundamental and very important discovery. Furthermore, he had exploited it to the limit of his equipment facilities. If greater progress were to be made it would be necessary to construct new and different equipment especially designed to measure the cosmic static.

  Grote Reber

  Discovery, Progress, Important

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• It is primarily through the growth of science and technology that man has acquired those attributes which distinguish him from the animals, which have indeed made it possible for him to become human.

  Arthur Compton

  Science, Animal, Technology

  Arthur Holl Compton (1940). “The Human Meaning of Science”

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• I did not have to dream I made it a reality.

  Tyga

  Dream, Reality, Made

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• Things I wonder about the FBI's list of the "Ten Most Wanted" criminals: When they catch a guy and he comes off the list, does number eleven automatically move up? And does he see it as a promotion? Does he call his criminal friends and say, "I made it, Bruno. I'm finally on the list"?

  George Carlin

  Funny, Moving, Humor

  George Carlin (2015). “3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, p.573, Hachette UK

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• The song that I will sing is an old song, so old that none knows who made it. It has been handed down through generations and was taught to me when I was but a little lad. It is now my own song. It belongs to me. This is a holy song (medicine-song), and great is its power. The song tells how, as I sing, I go through the air to a holy place where Yusun (The Supreme Being) will give me power to do wonderful things. I am surrounded by little clouds, and as I go through the air I change, becoming spirit only.

  Geronimo

  Song, Native American, Medicine

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• God is not identified with the world, for he made it; but God is not separate from His world, either. For He made it.

  Joseph Sittler

  World, Creation, Made

  Joseph Sittler (1998). “The Structure of Christian Ethics”, p.4, Westminster John Knox Press

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• Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work rather that its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as a bad heart of Procreates turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Heart, Passion, Men

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• Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands.

  Nelson Mandela

  Humble, Commitment, Sacrifice

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Feb 11, 2014

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• Looking back, I wish I could bottle the stuff that made it better, but how can one bottle time?

  Scott Woods

  Love, Dream, Wish

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• Only by God?s grace have I made it to see today and only by God?s grace will I ever see tomorrow.

  Jesse Owens

  Godly, Grace, Today

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• We wanted guys who had been productive in college, and we made it a point to pick performance over potential.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, College

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• We have arrived at a moment of decision. Our home - Earth - is in grave danger. What is at risk of being destroyed is not the planet itself, of course, but the conditions that have made it hospitable for human beings.

  Al Gore

  Home, Decision, Risk

  "We’ve Arrived at a Moment of Decision". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 28, 2009.

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• The number of people displaced by dams is estimated at between 40 million and 80 million, most of them in China and India. The costs of dams were on average 50% above their original estimate. Some designed to reduce flooding made it worse, and there were many unexpected environmental disadvantages, including the extinction of fish and bird species. Half the world's wetlands had been lost because of dams.

  Paul Brown

  Average, Numbers, People

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• I will keep that a secret as it was so indecent I doubt she was in her normal state of mind when she made it.

  Robert Pattinson

  Doubt, Secret, Mind

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• I mean come on. Do you know how easy it is to be famous these days? Do you have any idea? The web has made it plausible to have your very own platform to stand and spew nonsense from on an hourly basis. There's an old saying: when everyone is special, no one will be. These days, everybody thinks they're special, so no one really does anything to be special anymore.

  Corey Taylor

  Mean, Memorable, Thinking

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• Read! Read! Read! And then read some more. When you find something that thrills you, take it apart paragraph by paragraph, line by line, word by word, to see what made it so wonderful. Then use those tricks next time you write.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Writing, Use, Lines

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• This morning I deleted the hyphen from "hell-bound" and made it one word; this afternoon I redivided it and restored the hyphen.

  Edwin Arlington Robinson

  Morning, Writing, Afternoon

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• I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.

  George Lucas

  Photography, Crazy, Mean

  "Cinematic Phenomenon". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 19, 1999.

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• Moreover, photography has made it possible to fix these images and now provides us with a permanent record of each observed spectrum, which can be measured out at any time.

  Pieter Zeeman

  Photography, Records, Made

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• Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words.

  Alexander Koblencs

  Battle, Typical, Different

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