#ali

Given that sexual orientation is innate and that we are all, in theological terms, children of God, to deny access to some sacraments based on sexuality is as wrong as denying access to some sacraments based on race or gender. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#based #children #deny #denying #gender

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

Heaven have mercy on us all - Presbyterians and Pagans alike - for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending. ↗

— Herman Melville

#alike #cracked #dreadfully #head #heaven

I'm always tinkering with something - suddenly I'll think I can work with wood, but then I'll realize I can't, so I go back to sewing. ↗

— Melissa McCarthy

#back #go #i #i can #realize

I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing anything weird wasn't weird at all and it was the people saying they were weird that were weird. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#anything #doing #i #people #realized

I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would appreciate hearing something that was new to me. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#appreciate #bad #could #good #good song

I am a fashion designer. I'm not an environmentalist. When I get up in the morning, number one I'm a mother and a wife, and number two I design clothes. So the main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer. ↗

— Stella McCartney

#beautiful #clothes #create #customer #design

It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time. ↗

— Stella McCartney

#beat #business #country #got #i

What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well. ↗

— John McEnroe

#desire #i #important #matches #most

For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness. ↗

— Reba McEntire

#darkness #gets #healing #hurt #into