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"I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the saxophone. I stood there for fifteen minutes, and he never opened his eyes.After that I liked jazz music.Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way.I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened."
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"Who I am to talk? I dream of rain."
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"You can possess what you dream of."
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"This is true joy of life-being used for a purpose that is recognized by yourself as a mighty one ... instead of being a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy."
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"Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I'm gazing at a distant star. It's dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago.Maybe the star doesn't even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything."
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"Don't let the bastards grind you down."
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"You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
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"We all do think of doing something in life;be it significant or not, do something positive.If you pursue great footsteps, you leave great footprints."
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"Inspiration comes of working every day."
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"Your kindness, beauty, and simplicity remind me the stories about angels, and I was told they are just legends and myths."
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"You're alive, Bod. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything. If you change the world, the world will change."
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"All this beauty exists so you and I can see His glory, His artwork. It's like an invitation to worship Him, to know Him."
Worship
"Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy."
Ambition
"A person could read the Bible, not to become smart, but rather to feel that they are not alone, that somebody understands them and love them enough to speak to them, on purpose, in a way that makes a person feel human."
Understanding
"Sunday morning church service is not an enormous priority spending time with other believers is."
Fellowship
"It comforts me to think that if we are created beings the thing that created us would have to be greater than us, so much greater, in fact, that we would not be able to understand it. It would have to be greater than the facts of our reality and so it would seem to us, looking out from within our reality that it would contradict reason. But reason itself would suggest it would have to be greater than reality or it would not be reasonable."
Philosophy
"When I walked into the Christian section of a bookstore, the message was clear: Faith is something you do alone. Rick does not have much tolerance for people living alone. He's like Bill Clinton in that he feels everyone's pain. If Rick thinks somebody is lonely, he can't sleep at night. He wants us all to live with each other and play nice so he can get some rest. Tortured soul."
Community
"The downside of being a writer is you get plenty of time to overthink your life."
Reflection
"When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you like them for who they are. And when you stop expecting material possessions to complete you, you'd be surprised how much pleasure you get from material possessions. And when you stop expecting God to end all your troubles, you'd be surprised how much you like spending time with God."
Spiritual
"I wondered about the story we were writing and wanted even more to write a better story for myself, something that leaves a beautiful feeling even as the credits roll."
Storytelling
"Relationships unlock certain parts of who we are supposed to be."
Relationship
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