Bill Hybels Quotes
Be wary of insisting that you know better than God about when a prayer request should be granted. God's delays are not necessarily denials. He always has reasons for his 'not yets.'
Quotes to Explore
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I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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I discovered that the study of past philosophers is of little use unless our own reality enters into it. Our reality alone allows the thinker's questions to become comprehensible.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and get the reader to keep turning the page.
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
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I don't eat any red meat.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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They're desperately searching for meaning in their lives but they will not crack the Bible open.
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Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers.
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I love to fly so much.
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I wanted to write a story set in the Lovecraftian universe that didn't gloss over the uglier implications of his worldview.
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A great ratatouille is one in which the vegetables interact with each other but are still discernible from each other. The trick is to cook them just right: not over, not under.
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Make-up is all about shading; it's about tactical application.
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You often see in Washington those who disagree you described as stupid or evil. It's one of the most unfortunate trends of modern political discourse. Portraying opponents as too dumb to know the truth but smart enough and wanting people to suffer.
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We try to write things that work on a variety of levels at the same time: A sleek exterior with a turbulent lyric.
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Cate Blanchett is somebody who I could watch do anything. I love what an extraordinary chameleon she can be. There's something about the way she bends and transforms that feels otherworldly to me.
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Now rejoice, all ye powers of my soul, that you are so united with God that no one may separate you from Him. I cannot fully praise nor love Him therefore must I die, and cast myself into the divine void, till I rise from non-existence to existence.
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Myself, and all the Angelic Host, that stand in the sight of God enthroned, our happy state hold, as you yours, while our obedience hold. On other surety none: freely we serve, because we freely love.
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Our thoughts and prayers are with Brad, and we send our best wishes to him for a speedy and complete recovery.
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When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.
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No same man could walk through the same river twice, as the man and the river have since changed.
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Be wary of insisting that you know better than God about when a prayer request should be granted. God's delays are not necessarily denials. He always has reasons for his 'not yets.'
