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That's why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they're blue in the face and not get it.
That's why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they're blue in the face and not get it.
Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
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- Eugene H. Peterson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Eugene H. Peterson: life dates 1932 to 2018. Wikidata Q5407336, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5407336 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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