Leaving Quotes - Page 37

• It's all so verbal in the Protestant church. You've heard these words a million times before. Maybe people are leaving the church because they find the church has nothing that they're looking for.

  Frederick Buechner

  People, Church, Heard

  Interview with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. April 5, 2006.

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• Leaving golf aside for the moment, I'd choose Roger Federer as a sporting role model, Muhammad Ali for a sporting and non-sporting role model and Nelson Mandela as a true and lasting inspiration.

  Rory McIlroy

  Inspiration, Golf, Role Models

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• I always felt strongly connected to the region where I was born. But after leaving school, the only clear thought I had about my life was to leave this provincial area and go to places where real life was happening.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Real, School, Born

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• American culture never necessarily made sense to me, but they should warn you: leaving comes with a huge sense of alienation that never goes away.

  Jessa Crispin

  Culture, Made, Should

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I was not a good father in my first marriage. Although there are ways of deserting the family without leaving physically, I was deserted in my head. I was always out, always in the saloons, always drinking, always messing about.

  Malachy McCourt

  Father, Drinking, Way

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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• I've laid down in dried up streambeds, leaving a shadow. And then, five minutes later, it's flash flooded, and where I once laid is now running water, which would've washed me away, you know? There's that power and danger often in places that look so calm and pastoral to begin with.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  Running, Water, Shadow

  "Sculptor Turns Rain, Ice And Trees Into 'Ephemeral Works'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 8, 2015.

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• There should be a new, more honest euphemism. Like, I'm leaving office because I plan to solicit more anonymous sex in bathrooms.

  Tina Fey

  Sex, Office, Bathroom

  "Tina Fey, Movie Star? Not Quite Yet, She Says". www.wbur.org. March 22, 2013.

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• Which are you? Are you the single woman who is just barely getting by who will become an insignificant spinster one day? Or are you the kind that's more dangerous, leading the lost further into their lostness? Or is your singleness fueled by the power of the Spirit so that you are one who uses it for good, leaving a legacy of lives changed?

  Dannah Gresh

  Life Changing, One Day, Legacy

  FaceBook post by Dannah Gresh from Dec 24, 2016

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• The first step to living the life you want is leaving the life you don't want. Taking that first step forward is always the hardest. But then each step forward gets easier and easier. And each step forward gets you closer and closer. Until eventually, what had once been invisible, starts to be visible. And what had once felt impossible, starts to feel possible.

  Karen Salmansohn

  Live Life, Want, Firsts

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• Every age has its dreams, its symbols of romance. Past generations were moved by the graceful power of the great windjammers, by the distant whistle of locomotives pounding through the night, by the caravans leaving on the Golden Road to Samarkand, by quinqueremes of Nineveh from distant Ophir . . . Our grandchildren will likewise have their inspiration-among the equatorial stars. They will be able to look up at the night sky and watch the stately procession of the Ports of Earth-the strange new harbors where the ships of space make their planetfalls and their departures.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Dream, Stars, Inspiration

  Arthur C. Clarke (1968). “the Promise of Space”

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• By the time I went to the Catholic University of America, which was the time the priests were all leaving with the nuns, the more I studied about the Bible and how it came about, the more I lost my faith.

  Susan Sarandon

  America, Catholic, Lost

  Interview with George Saunders, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 27, 2016.

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• In a globalized economy, it's very difficult for the U.K. to go it alone. Don't listen to politicians. Politicians say if the U.K. leaves, things will be better. I'm telling you, leaving could make things worse.

  Wang Jianlin

  Politician, Economy, Difficult

  "U.S. And China Both Agree On 'Brexit': U.K. Should Stay In EU". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. June 19, 2016.

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• It is our job to listen to God and let Him tell us what is going on and what we are to do about it - leaving the rest to Him to work out according to His knowledge and will, not ours.

  Joyce Meyer

  God, Christian, Religious

  Joyce Meyer (2007). “New Day, New You: 365 Devotions for Enjoying Everyday Life”, p.30, Hachette UK

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• Leaving [from EU] will allow us to return real democratic control to important areas of national life; from international trade, the right to work and live in Britain to business regulation.

  Gisela Stuart

  Real, Important, Regulation

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• Leaving the broken system the way it is, that`s not a solution.

  Barack Obama

  Broken, Way, Solutions

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I'll be explaining that Britain will be leaving the European Union, but I want that process to be as constructive as possible. And I hope the outcome can be as constructive as possible because of course while we're leaving the European Union, we mustn't be turning our backs on Europe.

  David Cameron

  Europe, Unions, Want

  "EU Leaders Deliver Tough Message To David Cameron At Post-Brexit Summit". "All Things Considered" with Eleanor Beardsley, www.npr.org. June 28, 2916.

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• A bubble is only called that after it bursts, after the insiders get out, leaving the pension funds and small investors, Canadians and other naïve investors holding the bag.

  Michael Hudson

  Bags, Fund, Insiders

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Always walk out the door ahead of your dog when leaving the house. This will show your dog who is in the leadership role.

  Cesar Millan

  Dog, Doors, House

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• Each day, I read the New York Times before leaving for the theater. And I have this standing assignment: connect the world of Anthem to the late breaking events of the day.

  Jeff Britting

  New York, Events, Each Day

  Source: www.theobjectivestandard.com

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• I genuinely believe the next leader has to be somebody who sees the opportunity of leaving the EU and is completely determined to deliver on what the people have told us to do.

  Andrea Leadsom

  Believe, Opportunity, People

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• In particular, I wanted to help build a team behind Boris Johnson so that a politician who argued for leaving the European Union could lead us to a better future.

  Michael Gove

  Team, Unions, Helping

  "Boris Johnson pulls out of race to be UK prime minister" by Holly Ellyatt, www.cnbc.com. June 30, 2016.

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• There is one big misunderstanding of the monastics leaving society.

  Shane Claiborne

  Bigs, Misunderstanding

  "Interview with Shane Claiborne: Embracing the Margins". Interview with Matt Dabbs, wineskins.org. November 17, 2015.

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• I would describe that [friendship with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras] as a utilitarian friendship. At the time, his country was facing the prospect of leaving the euro zone and many Greeks felt abandoned by Europe. In such a situation, it seemed appropriate to me to present myself as a friend to Greece. It had to do with the country's dignity.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Country, Europe, Greek

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• "Entertainers Of Faith," funnyman Jim Gaffigan isn't ashamed of his Catholicism. He's seen here leaving a New York comedy club with his Bible in hand.

  Jim Gaffigan

  New York, Hands, Clubs

  "Comic Jim Gaffigan On Stand-Up, Faith And Opening For The Pope". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2015.

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• Why'd you leave the match, huh?

  Lleyton Hewitt

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