Bernie Taupin Quotes

My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest.

Bernie Taupin

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• I think, No. 1, I still have a long way to go.

  

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• There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

  

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• You need to find the power within to make [things] happen for yourself. When you realize this, you are unstoppable.

  

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• The one-cylinder ward is one in which the bishop handles all the problems, makes all the decisions, follows through on all the assignments, and faces every challenge. Then, like any other overworked cylinder, he starts to sputter and behave erratically. Eventually, he burns out altogether.

  

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• I think it would be best for us to start Mark.

  

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• The real test of a saint is not one's willingness to preach the gospel, but one's willingness to do something like washing the disciples' feet - that is, being willing to do those things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
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• Are you learning to say things after listening to God, or are you saying things and trying to make God's word fit in?

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • Trying
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• I love fun movies that also have something to say. They tend to stay with me, always.

  

  John Travolta
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• Especially for younger generations - this was their Ray Robinson - I think it came as a great shock.

  

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  • Great
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• I don't want to create controversy; I just have an opinion on things, and there is nothing wrong with stating your opinion if you are asked. Everyone wants that right, and because you are famous doesn't mean you have less of a right.

  

  John Travolta
  • Want
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• I think today we're setting a constitutional marker and also a constitutional check on presidential power because you can't allow the president to move forward with unfettered fashion.

  

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• In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.

  

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• The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as real as that of fresh air physically.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Time
  • Real
  • Reading

• Our yesterdays present irreparable things to us; it is true that we have lost opportunities which will never return, but God can transform this destructive anxiety into a constructive thoughtfulness for the future. Let the past sleep, but let it sleep on the bosom of Christ. Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • True
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• I stay away from the writing part because I think that if it sticks, it sticks. You just know it. The stuff that doesn't stick, goes away. The stuff that propels you forward, you can see it in your partner's eyes.

  

  Zal Batmanglij
  • Thinking
  • Writing
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• I'm tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he's not a predator. He doesn't have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain't. I'm tough.

  

  Mr. T
  • Guys
  • Tough
  • Pretend

• My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest.

  

  Bernie Taupin
  • Track
  • Jesus Christ
  • My Mother