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Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry. ↗

— David O. McKay

#fervor #henry #i #instilled #into

In high school, a teacher once suggested that I be a math major in college. I thought, 'Me? You've got to be joking!' I mean, in junior high, I used to come home and cry because I was so afraid of my math homework. Seriously, I was terrified of math. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#because #college #come #cry #got

That's a curious paradox that I don't think a lot of people out there know; that you get really scared before you go on. You come out in a nervous rash, and it's not like you actually love getting up there and showing off. ↗

— Jacqueline McKenzie

#before #come #curious #get #getting

I don't know whether it ever comes back to the same thing; it does return to the spirit of a previous period in some way, but it's different, it's new. ↗

— Norman McLaren

#comes #different #does #ever #i

Innumerable confusions and a feeling of despair invariably emerge in periods of great technological and cultural transition. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#cultural #despair #emerge #feeling #great

Commitment is the enemy of resistance, for it is the serious promise to press on, to get up, no matter how many times you are knocked down. ↗

— David McNally

#down #enemy #get #how #knocked

Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world. ↗

— Malcolm Mclaren

#art world #glorious #occupations #particularly #stealing

Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple - even simplistic - terms. Yes, scripture speaks of fire and damnation and eternal bliss, but the Bible is the product of human hands and hearts, and much of the imagery is allegorical, not meteorological. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#among #bible #bliss #complex #damnation

Barack Obama is many things; among them, he is a tough and even ferocious political warrior. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#barack #barack obama #even #ferocious #many

I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children were to turn away from the church when they grow up. I am also a critic of Christianity, if by critic one means an observer who brings historical and literary judgment to bear on the texts and traditions of the church. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#am #away #bear #brings #children