#shedding

One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or a fixed set of theological propositions. ↗

— Jim Palmer

#god #shedding-religion #spirituality #freedom

Whether I was dancing around the house with headphones on or on stage with the Spice Girls... I learned firsthand that dancing was the key to shedding off the pounds and keeping them off. ↗

— Melanie Brown

#dancing #firsthand #headphones #house #i

And the blood of brave men was shed like unto the shedding of rain from a black cloud. ↗

— Ferdowsi

#blood #brave #brave men #cloud #like

On the unofficial level it was a glorious moment in our national life because young people decided that this had to stop, that they could no longer stand the shedding of blood in this tragic adventure in Southeast Asia. ↗

— William Kunstler

#asia #because #blood #could #decided

Correcting it, I don't know; just shedding the light of day on it is a first major step, being one of the earliest generations not to just accept the words. ↗

— Paul Kantner

#being #correcting #day #earliest #first

Slowly, even though I thought it would never happen, New York lost its charm for me. I remember arriving in the city for the first time, passing with my parents through the First World's Club bouncers at Immigration, getting into a massive cab that didn't have a moment to waste, and falling in love as soon as we shot onto the bridge and I saw Manhattan rise up through the looks of parental terror reflected in the window. I lost my virginity in New York, twice (the second one wanted to believe he was the first so badly). I had my mind blown open by the combination of a liberal arts education and a drug-popping international crowd. I became tough. I had fun. I learned so much. But now New York was starting to feel empty, a great party that had gone on too long and was showing no sign of ending soon. I had a headache, and I was tired. I'd danced enough. I wanted a quiet conversation with someone who knew what load-shedding was. ↗

— Mohsin Hamid

#drugs #empty #headache #immigration #liberal-arts

Being Jesus means that we go through life embracing it all fully and feeling it all deeply. That we don’t hide and try to protect ourselves. That we live. That we show up. That we laugh. That we cry. That we hurt. That we heal. That we care. That we love. And then, that we wake up the next morning and sign up for it all over again. ↗

— Jim Palmer

#god #jesus #religion #shedding-religion #courage

I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds. ↗

— Dave Chappelle

#hang-ups #hatreds #i #i can #i think

For men, as they get bogged down with responsibilities, commitments, bureaucracy, it is a fantasy just to think of shedding everything literally, walking away with nothing at all, and just hitting the road. ↗

— Lee Child

#bogged #bureaucracy #commitments #down #everything

I honor religion except when it gets into shedding blood. ↗

— Rip Torn

#except #gets #honor #i #into