David Brainerd Quotes
My disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been at times apprehensive that my great change was at hand: yet blessed be God, I have never been affrighted; but, on the contrary, at times much delighted with a view of its approach.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
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I received a call from Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini. They asked me if I was ready to become a New York Jet. I quickly answered 'yes' and began to hug everyone at the table.
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You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
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David Fincher's work has all been incredibly well-received on Netflix, and Kevin Spacey's films have all worked on Netflix.
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The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.
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Look at Gwyneth Paltrow and my favourite, Kate Winslet. No one ever says, 'Oh, she's making a comeback.' To my mind, I just went on maternity leave and reported back to work.
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My dad showed me loads of films when I was young, but I never thought I would be in movies. That didn't seem like a real job to me.
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There are different types of bullying; one of the biggest ones out there right now is cyberbullying. I had the privilege of filming an 'Austin & Ally' episode centered on cyberbullying, how it can get out of control, the ups and downs that you feel, and how to deal with it.
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Always the notorious red-light district of sports, boxing today is as troubled as it was even in the days when the Mob called the shots. There are too many lawsuits and too few heroes. Absurd mismatches and fraudulent rankings by unaccountable offshore sanctioning bodies have disgusted fans.
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
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A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
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I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.
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I think I do speak to all ages, but the emphasis is, unlike everybody else who is chasing the Millennials, I'm not chasing the Millennials.
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I wrote 'Mr. In-Between' very quickly when I was about 23. I wrote the penultimate chapter, then realised I'd done something which was written to the best of my abilities. I panicked. I hesitated to finish the final chapter and went into withdrawal for three years. I decided to pick it up again after I went drinking with author Tim Binding.
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Luckily, I was raised by a kind of gypsy family, which is why I always get along better with people who worked in circuses than with kids of other actors. My mom was so carefree with us in a beautiful way. We were used to sleeping anywhere.
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This is the very ecstasy of love, whose violent property ordoes itself and leads the will to desperate undertakings.
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There are two main principles I've picked up over the years as they pertain to cultivating the type of faith that moves mountains. The first is this: Faith comes by looking at God, not at the mountain. The second is this: God gives us faith as we walk by his side.
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My disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been at times apprehensive that my great change was at hand: yet blessed be God, I have never been affrighted; but, on the contrary, at times much delighted with a view of its approach.
