Bill Hybels Quotes
Don't let your prayers turn into a wish list for Santa Claus. Worship God and praise him when you come to him in prayer.
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.
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That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.
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When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Age is just a number. If someone can perform at 45, who will stop that fellow from playing top-level cricket?
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.
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If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
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The world is my workshop. It is not my home.
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When you face a 'performance' that might provoke the 'I'm scared' response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It's more fun than 'Dancing with the Stars!'
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
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Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world.
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Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.
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You have to remember that goodbyes are temporary because no one ever really leaves and nothing lasts forever. People are always with us, because they are in our hearts and in our memory. The only thing we can depend on is change... Life is just a series of moments -- a string of pearls that make up the necklace of your life and so every once in a while, to complete the circle, you need to end a chapter.
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It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared for, on this dark, cooling star
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The imperturbability of the Church resides in her ability to harmonize the unconditional preservation of eternal truths with an unmatchable elasticity of adjustment to the circumstances and challenges of changing times.
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on tolerance of gays: 'You always have to remember - no matter what you're told - that God loves all the flowers, even the wild ones that grow on the side of the highway.'
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Don't let your prayers turn into a wish list for Santa Claus. Worship God and praise him when you come to him in prayer.
