Charles Studd Quotes
Real Christians revel in desperate ventures for Christ, expecting from God great things and attempting the same with exhilaration.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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I'm really nearsighted, which has served me well.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren't working in Hollywood because of this.
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It was only after university that I said to myself that I had to take the risk and have a serious go at acting. It's such a bizarre profession, because you have to be totally tough to deal with all those times when you're being turned down, and then really soft in order to access your character's emotions.
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I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
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The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown.
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I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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I found that the quality of TV material that came to me was so great and was just often better than the film material I got. And when I find a good movie that I really like, I jump on it because it's exciting to do.
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The fundamental law of nature is to not know too much about yourself.
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Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.
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Most music careers slowly but surely go down.
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This will wreck you! Today, treat everyone you meet as if they're going to be dead by midnight. extend all the kindness and understanding you can, and do it with no thought of any reward.
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I have realised more and more that great companies, founded for a long-term purpose, such as Google or Facebook or SpaceX, may do more good in the world than any other vehicle that we have.
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I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
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Real Christians revel in desperate ventures for Christ, expecting from God great things and attempting the same with exhilaration.
