Frederick William Robertson Quotes
A consistent Christian may not have rapture; he has that which is much better than rapture - calmness - God's serene and perpetual presence.
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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I freakin' hate Twitter, man. I honestly don't understand the purpose of it.
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I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.'
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.
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I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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I have used Proactiv, and I use X Out, and they are the only things that work for me.
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Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
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You know, I love America. It's such a positive country.
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I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
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My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at times.
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Most people who serve in Washington have been trained either as lawyers or as political operatives--professions that tend to place a premium on winning arguments rather than solving problems.
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Never call your broker on Monday. Out of courtesy and common sense, wait until Tuesday. A good broker is focused on the opening of the market - at home and around the world - and on getting back into a business frame of mind after the weekend.
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When you're smart on crime, you start off by recognizing that both the victim, first of all, the victim, but also the person who did the crime are both human.
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Why did I elope with my husband after knowing him for only four months? I wish I could show people the picture of the two of us that night and have them feel what I felt. But it's just a picture. It can only capture how things looked, not how they felt.
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The moral task of man is a process of spiritualization. All creatures are go-betweens, and we are placed in time that by diligence in spiritual business we may grow liker and nearer to God. The aim of man is beyond the temporal - in the serene region of the everlasting Present.
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A consistent Christian may not have rapture; he has that which is much better than rapture - calmness - God's serene and perpetual presence.
