Material Quotes

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One of the challenges Christians confront is how the politics we helped create has made it difficult to sustain the material practices constitutive of an… — Stanley Hauerwas
The Louvre stopped buying paintings in 1848, and neither the Metropolitan nor the Hermitage acquire contemporary material. — Neil MacGregor
Along with all the other stunning statistics China can provide, it can also claim to be the world leader in making energy from human excrement.… — Rose George
Ironically, it is when we identify with our spirits rather than our bodies that we are most powerful on the material plane. Our overidentification with… — Marianne Williamson
Sometimes a miracle is a change in material conditions, such as physical healing. At other times, it is a psychological or emotional change. — Marianne Williamson
We are material beings for but a moment in time, but we are spiritual beings forever. — Marianne Williamson
It is harder to get adult, character-driven material on television than it used to be, but there are lots of other places that you can… — John Wells
You have to have wonderful actors for material, particularly difficult material that requires complicated performances. — John Wells
Cinema is made to film material: the body. By filming the material, the mechanical, the worker, we arrive at the spiritual. — Bruno Dumont
What survived as orthodox Christianity did so by suppressing and forcibly eliminating a lot of other material. — Elaine Pagels
Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed. — Hamish Bowles
I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material in front of… — Theodore Bikel
We are material creatures who spend much of our lives on material pursuits (even building a cathedral or writing a novel requires stone and mortar… — Virginia Postrel
At times, some journalists see nothing in the people apart from an opportunity to make material gain. They see them as consumers to whom we… — Wadah Khanfar
All nuclear material in weapons programmes must be subject one day to binding international verification. — Ban Ki-moon
My first plays were amazingly bad, but I had a teacher who thought I had promise, and he kept working with me. I finally went… — David Henry Hwang
At the final day, the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material possessions or fame.… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Inordinate desire for material possessions can become an obsession that consumes our thoughts, drains our resources, and leads to unhappiness. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
In a day when broadcasters and publishers have rather free access into our homes, we must seek clean, uplifting entertainment, whether on television, videos, movies,… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Compliance with the Stop Online Piracy Act would require huge overhead spending by Internet companies for staff and technologies dedicated to monitoring users and censoring… — Rebecca MacKinnon

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