Bill Hybels Quotes
Don't ask God to bless junk food and miraculously transform it so that it has nutritional value. That's not how God works.
Quotes to Explore
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I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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None of our family businesses were focused on technology. It was '93 when I came out of law school, and the Internet was taking hold. So I started New World Ventures.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
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I think it is important for children to read different things to find out about their emotions and other people's emotions. It is an enormous source of education and culture.
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We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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Being the leader of a division is a pressure, but it's one that I feel I am ready for.
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I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command.
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The difference between those who do and those who don't is that those who don't believe it when they are told they can't.
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The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths.
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Spencer's god was Evolution, sometimes also called Progress.
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My interest in food really began with a month's cookery course in Frome, Somerset, after my A-levels. I left the course not an incredible cook, alas, but a real enthusiast. Food and cooking is at the core of entertaining, and my passion grew and grew.
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Don't ask God to bless junk food and miraculously transform it so that it has nutritional value. That's not how God works.
