Dieter F. Uchtdorf Quotes
Salvation cannot be bought with the currency of obedience; it is purchased by the blood of the Son of God. Thinking that we can trade our good works for salvation is like buying a plane ticket and then supposing we own the airline. Or thinking that after paying rent for our home, we now hold title to the entire planet earth.
Quotes to Explore
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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The years go so fast. I mean, I just realized that at the end of the year I will be twenty-two, and I just turned twenty-one.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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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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I wasn't trained to be in front of a camera, so there were a lot of challenges at first. But I didn't want to be fake.
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Around my house, I won't even speak to my family unless they first address me by my official Berzerker name, Godred Crovan, Victor of Sky-Hill and Ruler of Man and the Isles. And now that I think of it, that's probably why nobody speaks to me unless it's time to feed the dogs or take out the garbage.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
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Sometimes there are some matchups and man-to-mans that you like to match up on.
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I'm not the hands-on guy. I like writing the check, and I turn it over to the guys that make it happen, much like the way I ran my business.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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Really, my sacred place is my study where there are books that I love and things that people have given me.
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There are so many great singers out there.
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Let's put it this way: if you are a novelist, I think you start out with a 20 word idea, and you work at it and you wind up with a 200,000 word novel. We, picture-book people, or at least I, start out with 200,000 words and I reduce it to 20.
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Don’t make your story too big. I don’t want you big-noting me.
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Salvation cannot be bought with the currency of obedience; it is purchased by the blood of the Son of God. Thinking that we can trade our good works for salvation is like buying a plane ticket and then supposing we own the airline. Or thinking that after paying rent for our home, we now hold title to the entire planet earth.
