Dieter F. Uchtdorf Quotes
When I was younger, I was impressed by those who were educated, accomplished, successful, and applauded by the world. But over the years, I have come to the realization that I am far more impressed by those wonderful and blessed souls who are truly good and without guile.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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Caffeine is a good thing.
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I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night.
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To be honest, before I joined the industry, I knew very little about the fashion world, and I hardly knew any name brands. Probably because the price tags were a little too high, and home girl needed to work.
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White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made.
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I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.
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I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music.
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To be black in the Baltimore of my youth was to be naked before the elements of the world.
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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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I have had the most wonderful time on 'EastEnders' and I will miss you all. The show has changed my life and I want you all to continue the good work, because I'll be at home watching you.
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That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
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My wife and I are very blessed. I am very grateful for the life that we lead.
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It's amazing to think how powerful of a force optimism and hope can be. It's the thing that saves me. I believed that I lived in the greatest country in the world. I still believe that, and consequently, I believed that I had a chance, even though things around me were absolutely crazy and difficult.
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I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes.
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Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song.
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When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
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Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.
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My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true.
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It's the ownership of what's off that's the beauty in art. Its not about being exactly perfect.
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I want to be a combination of P. Diddy and Oprah.
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They go forth [into the world] with well-developed bodies, fairly developed minds and undeveloped hearts. An undeveloped heart - not a cold one. The difference is important.
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I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.
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When I was younger, I was impressed by those who were educated, accomplished, successful, and applauded by the world. But over the years, I have come to the realization that I am far more impressed by those wonderful and blessed souls who are truly good and without guile.
