Bob Hope Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on.
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I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.
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Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.
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I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.
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Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
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I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
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I always put on a brave face when I was the most terrified, the most trapped and out of control.
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I'm like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road.
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I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels.
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Fear created the first gods in the world.
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To glorify man in his natural and unmodified self is no less surely, even if less obviously, idolatry than actually to bow down before a graven image.
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I am a firm believer that any legitimate government has to be based on rule of law and a recognition that all people are equal under the law.
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A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace.
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Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.
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It takes a bad woman to be a good godmother.
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I've tried to get cute - and I don't mind saying tried to be cute - at the quarterback spot.
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I'm a true believer in story. I think when you just tell people to think, people tend to get resistant and defensive and feel like you're accusing them of not thinking.
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When any sector of the church stops learning, God simply overflows the structures that are in the way and works outside them with those willing to learn.
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Empathic listening is so powerful because it gives you accurate data to work with. Instead of projecting your own autobiography and assuming thoughts, feelings, motives and interpretation, you're dealing with the reality inside another person's head and heart. You're listening to understand. You're focused on receiving the deep communication of another human soul.
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You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
