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.
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To transform yourself is to transform your destiny.
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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.
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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?
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I love fun movies that also have something to say. They tend to stay with me, always.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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My favorite rocker is Go because it is heavy and chaotic.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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When Jesus Christ shed his blood on the cross, it was not the blood of a martyr; or the blood of one man for another; it was the life of God poured out to redeem the world.
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Can Jesus Christ see the agony of His soul in us? He can't unless we are so closely identified with Him that we have His view concerning the people for whom we pray. May we learn to intercede so wholeheartedly that Jesus Christ will be completely and overwhelmingly satisfied with us as intercessors.
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Things change when you learn to loosen your grip. I think one way and the future is desperate. I think another way everything is in sight. Trees bend so branches don't have to break. We mend the wounds of our last mistake... I live one way holding onto the fence post. I live another way sliding off into space. Each life is loosely assembled... Birds swim, fish do fly. Proud man begins to cry. Birds swim, fish do fly. Things change, so why can't I?
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My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest.
