Paul Tournier Quotes
At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose is a kind of holiday house. But it's really only so I can go on drawing when I get there. I'm never far away from the feeling that I want to be getting on with something.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
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I'm blonde and tanned and normal-sized! I'm sweet, shy, funny, have a big heart and I'm nice - and I like to eat.
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One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator.
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The Gospel itself is angular. It always has been. It always conflicts. It always challenges every generation. It challenges different generations in different ways.
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A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.
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Everyone talks about the big three-oh with dread - but it's exciting. It feels like life is much more put together. Everyone's like, 'Wouldn't you like to be 20 again?' But no way.
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The way to tackle Muslimphobia is to tackle prejudice against Muslims. What it is not is to pretend that Islamist extremism does not exist.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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I feel very close to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders.
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Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
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When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point.
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She says you're not truly human until you've had your heart broken and you've broken someone's heart.
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Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that's all. So we direct our values to material things.
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I'm quite a rational person. I'm not very superstitious, but I really do enjoy horror as a genre.
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The Internet is a testament to a connected system that works - it's a global network where any computer can reach another, and easily transfer information across.
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At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.
