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My mum was very glamorous, an incredible seamstress. She made up those Vogue, Givenchy and Yves St. Laurent patterns they used to sell. It was church couture, darling! Because my dad was a pastor, she could get away with more than other women. Her skirts were that bit tighter. Grace Jones
Women Church Made Other Incredible Bit Those Darling More Vogue Could Glamorous She Because Tighter Couture Were Sell Up Very Pastor Than Get Patterns Used Skirts Dad Mum Away Her
It could fairly be said that the U.S. is increasingly out of step with the rest of the world. As our neighbors to the south elect left-wing or even socialist governments, we are lurching further to the right. As Europe becomes less engaged to the Church, we are becoming more fundamentalist. Graydon Carter
World Church Rest Increasingly Our Further Neighbors Out More Could Step Fairly Becomes Said Becoming South Governments Left-Wing Elect Engaged Less Europe Even Socialist Right Fundamentalist
The Church should say, 'I'm frightened that women will be ordained;' that's honest, say that. But don't say, 'It's a grave sin,' because that's nonsense. Greg Boyle
Women Church Will Say Sin Because Nonsense Frightened Ordained Should Grave Honest
I spent the summers of 1984 and 1985 as an associate pastor at Dolores Mission Church, the poorest parish in the Los Angeles archdiocese. In 1986, I became pastor of the church. Greg Boyle
Church Summers Spent Angeles Parish Mission Became Los Los Angeles Pastor Poorest Associate
My grandfather was the minister at the Lutheran church. My dad owned a car dealership in town. My mom was the consummate volunteer and cheerleader for me. Gretchen Carlson
Mom Me Car Church Minister Consummate Volunteer Town Cheerleader Owned Grandfather Dad
I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression remains. Gunter Grass
Religion Church Brought Remains Know Catholic Catholic Church Impression Up Moved Away Early
Before 'Music and Lyrics,' I was just doing high school plays and singing in my church choir and my school choir. Haley Bennett
Music School Church Singing Before Lyrics High High School School Plays Doing Just Choir Plays
Out of the depths, O Lord, out of the depths,' begins the most beautiful of the services of our church, and it is out of the depths of my life that I must bring the incidents of this story. Hall Caine
Life Beautiful Most Beautiful Church My Life Our Out Must Most Lord Begins Story Depths Incidents Services Bring
And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops. Hans Kung
God People Church Understanding Community Bishops Hierarchy Priests Just Which Communion Whose Servants Thing Third
It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do. Harold Brodkey
Death Great Light Church Down Universe Earth Said Goes Burial Ends Center Then
I hated being typecast in those roles. It was personally limiting, only playing stereotyped heavies. But I got those roles because I was angry, because that's what I projected. I was angry at my mother and father because they didn't get along, angry at the church. On top of that, I had an extreme lack of self-confidence. Harry Dean Stanton
Angry Mother Father Church Mother And Father Typecast Extreme Projected Top Those Hated Only Had Self-Confidence Along Because Got Limiting Get Roles Lack Being Personally Playing
How the early priests came into possession of these secrets does not appear, and if there were ever any records of this kind the Church would hardly allow them to become public. Harry Houdini
Church Become Secrets Possession Kind Would Records Allow Priests Does How Came Were Any Public Them Appear Ever Hardly Early
The evangelical movement has become just a bit victimized by a success-oriented culture, wanting the church - like the corporation - to be successful. Henri Nouwen
Culture Church Become Corporation Bit Like Just Movement Wanting Victimized Successful Evangelical
The family unit is fundamental not only to society and to the Church, but to our hope for eternal life. Henry B. Eyring
Life Hope Family Church Society Our Only Family Unit Eternal Eternal Life Unit Fundamental
To keep ourselves grounded in the Lord's Church, we can and must train our eyes to recognize the power of the Lord in the service of those He has called. We must be worthy of the companionship of the Holy Ghost. And we need to pray for the Holy Ghost to help us know that men who lead us hold this power. Henry B. Eyring
Service Eyes Church Men Power Our Ghost Those Recognize Ourselves Must Worthy Lead He Know Lord Pray Pray For Train Hold Us Holy Holy Ghost Help Grounded Who Companionship Keep Need
The Savior will help you do what He has called you to do, be it for a time as a worker in the Church or forever as a parent. You may pray for help enough to do the work and know that it will come. Henry B. Eyring
Work Time You Church Will Enough Savior Parent He Come Know Pray Pray For Forever May Worker Help
Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister. Herman Melville
Truth Truth Is Ride Try Church Preach Own Living Pulpit Sun Out Would Silliest Clergyman Him Go Soup His Very Get Any Heavens Thing Societies
There are fully forty towers, which are lofty and well built, the largest of which has fifty steps leading to its main body, and is higher than the tower of the principal tower of the church at Seville. Hernan Cortes
Church Seville Lofty Higher Main Leading Steps Tower Towers Principal Well Built Than Which Fifty Body Forty Fully Largest
My laboratory is like a church because it is where I figure out what I believe. Hope Jahren
Church Believe Out Like Because Laboratory Where Figure
If the Jew transmogrified into the Devil for the medieval church, he retained his devilish characteristics as Christian sentiment found other places to express itself, early socialism being one of them. Howard Jacobson
Socialism Church Devil Sentiment Christian Other Characteristics He Devilish His Itself Being Places Them Express Found Early Jew Medieval
Growing up, I always saw the hypocrisy of the Catholic church. The history speaks for itself, and I grew incredibly frustrated and angry. I essentially just put that into my words. Hozier
Angry History Words Church Hypocrisy Incredibly Saw Put Catholic Catholic Church Always Up Itself Essentially Just Grew Frustrated Speaks Growing Growing Up
I am a politically motivated person, and that will come through in the music. I'm not sure if every song will be 'Take Me to Church,' but I can only hope that people enjoy the body of work that I have ahead of me. Hozier
Work Hope Music Me People Song Church Will Enjoy Every Only Through Take Come Sure Am Motivated Person Politically Body
I just find the evangelical church too, well, restrictive. But the School of Practical Philosophy is nonconfrontational. We believe there are many forms of Scripture. What is true is true and will never change, whether it's in the Bible or in Shakespeare. It's about oneness. Hugh Jackman
Bible Change School Church Will Believe Too Philosophy Find About Oneness Shakespeare Restrictive Never True Practical Well Just Whether Forms Scripture Evangelical Many
Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as an unlikely place to go for guidance. Hugh Mackay
Life Guidance People Church Unlikely Indeed Would More Institutions Mistrust Climate Go Yearn Regard Place Meaningful Fulfilling Who Many Present
They're after one world religion and one world government. That's why they've attacked the Catholic Church so strongly, to ultimately take control over it by their doctrine. Hutton Gibson
Government Religion World Church Control Strongly Attacked Take Over Over It Doctrine Catholic Catholic Church Ultimately After Why
Classical music only really came into my life in 1969. I wish I had heard classical music and church music when I was a teenager or even as a child. Ian Anderson
Life Music Church My Life Wish Teenager Classical Classical Music Only Had Came Heard Child Really Even
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