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Dallas Willard Quote: “When pastors don’t have rich spiritual…”

When pastors don’t have rich spiritual lives with Christ, they become victimized by other models of success – models conveyed to them by their training, by their experience in the church, or just by our culture.

September 11, 2021 1935, American, Dallas Willard, Quotes by Philosophers, September 4

Theodore Zeldin Quote: “Families have become models for public…”

Families have become models for public life, constructing friendships between individuals of different temperaments, ambitions and ages, even if they are often unsuccessful. People now want, above all, appreciation of their uniqueness.

June 11, 2021 1933, August 22, English, Quotes by Philosophers, Theodore Zeldin

Joseph Jacobs Quote: “Obscure as still remains the origin…”

Obscure as still remains the origin of that ‘genre’ of romance to which the tales before us belong, there is little doubt that their models, if not their originals, were once extant at Constantinople.

March 30, 2021 1854, August 29, Australian, Joseph Jacobs, Quotes by Historians

Michael Redhill Quote: “I wasn’t against becoming a dad: …”

I wasn’t against becoming a dad: I’d had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most.

February 19, 2021 1966, Canadian, June 12, Michael Redhill, Quotes by Poets

Daniel J. Boorstin Quote: “Human models are more vivid and…”

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

December 19, 2020 1914, American, Daniel J. Boorstin, October 1, Quotes by Historians

Jacques Derrida Quote: “In Algeria, I had begun to…”

In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing-and already models were instructing the dream, a certain language governed it.

June 30, 2020 1930, French, Jacques Derrida, July 15, Quotes by Philosophers

Niall Ferguson Quote: “Risk models are a substitute for…”

Risk models are a substitute for historical knowledge, because they tend to work with just three years’ worth of data. But three years is not a long time in financial history.

May 21, 2020 1964, April 18, British, Niall Ferguson, Quotes by Historians

Marshall McLuhan Quote: “Today it is not the classroom…”

Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies.

January 10, 2020 1911, Canadian, July 21, Marshall McLuhan, Quotes by Sociologists

Anna Maria Chavez Quote: “Simply stated, girls want role models…”

Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.

December 16, 2019 1968, American, Anna Maria Chavez, Quotes by Leaders

J. L. Austin Quote: “Going back into the history of…”

Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of how things happen or are done.

November 14, 2019 1911, English, J. L. Austin, March 28, Quotes by Philosophers

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