Ellen G. White Quotes
The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.
Quotes to Explore
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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I was writing a lot even as a kid.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.
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I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and they use it to class music, but I don't think it's a word that necessarily classes music.
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The United States and Mexico are trapped - economically, culturally, politically and because of drug crime - in the same continent.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
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I'm the biggest music lover in the world. I mean, I have seen everybody. I went on tour with Michael Jackson and the Jacksons four or five times.
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I'm constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency.
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Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life.
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You get these moments of thrill. There you are, at 3:00 in the morning, and you know something about how we evolved that nobody else in the world knows. It's a thrill of discovery. You make this breakthrough, and you find something. It's this wonderful, wonderful scavenger hunt when you got to the end. It's just so great to be a scientist.
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There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad and indifferent.
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We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
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I almost failed out of high school. I nearly gave in to the deep anger and resentment harbored by everyone around me... Whatever talents I have, I almost squandered until a handful of loving people rescued me.
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The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.
