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.
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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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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
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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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'I got my pecs, I got limos, I got bitches, and all my limo's powered by bitch juice, and my spare pecs are in the limo.' … 'I'm gonna fuck you up. I'm gonna dig up your dad, and shove him up your mum and drink your blood from a drinking cup, you fuck!'
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A death is never good. It's never pleasant. We can only ignore it, until our time comes.
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I can't walk in an airport, walk into a gym, where the kids in the gym don't come to me and ask me about Allen and tell me he's their favorite player of all time. And everywhere I go in airports, people look at me, and they, 'You're Allen's coach.'
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I'm glad I had kids young because we have a strong bond and listen to the same music.
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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.
