#dox

A totally healthy actor is a paradox. ↗

— Vittorio Gassman

#healthy #paradox #totally

Look at him,” she said, shaking her head. “Travis Maddox: Mr. Mom. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#beautiful-disaster #funny #jamie-mcguire #mr-mom #travis-maddox

The result has been that although few conservative Presbyterian churches actually worship in the Puritan way, the Puritan theology of worship remains the standard orthodoxy among them. This discrepancy sometimes leads to guilty consciences. ↗

— John Frame

#although #among #been #churches #consciences

I was just as in love with her in our eleventh year as I was in the first. Every anniversary was a victory, a middle finger to everyone who thought we wouldn't last. Abby tamed me, marriage settled me down, and when I became a father, my entire outlook changed. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#walking-disaster #beauty

Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ↗

— Elisha Gray

#finding #law #lies #many #may

Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#paradox #life

I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for. ↗

— Sonia Johnson

#background #came #could #i #i came

He scanned my face with careful hope in his eyes. “You love me?” “It’s the tattoos,” I shrugged. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#beautiful-disaster #jamie-mcguire #love #sweet #tattoos

Resilience is based on the ability to embrace the extremes -- while no becoming an extremist. ... **Most companies don't do paradox very well.** (emphasis by author) [2002] p.25f ↗

— Gary Hamel

#paradox #strategy #business

There's a girl, Dad." He smiled a bit. "A girl." "She kinda hates me, and I kinda..." "Love her?" "I don't know. I don't think so. I mean...how do you know?" His smile grew wider. "When you're talking about her with your old dad because you don't know what else to do. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#travis-maddox #beauty