Thiongo Decolonizing The Mind Quotes & Sayings

The only thing I can control is how well I pitch. — Justin Verlander

God the Son, by being truly human without ceasing to be truly God, is both equal to the Father and less than the Father - equal by nature and less by volition to service. By this paradox, the usual logic of equality is turned upside down. — Thomas C. Oden

And he was seldom out of sight of the new bridges, which had married beautiful womanly Brooklyn to her rich uncle, Manhattan; had put the city's hand out to the country; and were the end of the past because they spanned not only distance and deep water but dreams and time. — Mark Helprin

I believe in miracles. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I never really hated any particular sport but out of all the sports, I used to prefer the team games to running and sprinting and those types of things. — Rachel Stevens

We take a lot of things for granted in our lives, such as gravity, air, daylight and time. Yet time is one of God's most precious gifts to us. It is the most significant non-renewable resource at our disposal. We have less of it remaining with each passing day. When God gave this gift, He intended for us to use it carefully; intentionally, wisely and productively. — Tommy Barnett

I would love to pretend I don't diet, but I work very hard. I stay active and eat very healthy. Anybody who says otherwise is either unhealthy or lying! I will admit that I'm addicted to sugar - licorice, Jujubees and jelly candies. And I actually love bran muffins! — Evangeline Lilly

Comedy is nothing more than tragedy deferred. — Pico Iyer

A person does not choose his or her fate; he or she only fulfills it. We are bound by our fate as long as we accept the values that determine it. — Alexander Lowen

A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once. — Blaise Pascal

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man. — Sam Houston

Both Springsteen and Michael Jackson, who had these huge productions, could always scale them back down to just a song and a melody. All of that influences me. I also try to be a fictional writer, and sometimes I get close, but the things that resonate the most with me - and with everyone else - is what's real. — James Bay