#confirmation

Most of us are not really approaching the subject [scriptures] in order to find out what Christianity says: we are approaching it [them] in the hope of finding support from Christianity for the views of our own party. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#religion-christianity #social-psychology #religion

I don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#reading #reality #escape

And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#confirmation #front #hours #i #judiciary

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation. ↗

— Voltaire

#case #confirmation #news #sacrament #should

The completion of the Iraqi cabinet with the appointment of three critical ministers is also confirmation of continued movement toward a just and democratic society in Iraq. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#appointment #cabinet #completion #confirmation #continued

There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed. ↗

— Mario Monti

#confirmation #confirmed #europe #fact #go

The day on which I received confirmation was a distressing one to me. ↗

— Maria Monk

#day #distressing #i #me #received

Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#bush #cheney #choice #clear #closely

The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status. ↗

— Ma Jian

#china #confirmation #entrance #grand #new

After that I couldn't show my face outside. I lost my identity and balance. I was still living with my parents, and they were my only friends. For so many people, this thing with the nurse was confirmation that I must be mad or mentally ill. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#balance #confirmation #face #friends #i