Jacques Ellul Quotes
Cain has built a city. For God's Eden he substitutes his own, for the goal given to his life by God, he substitutes a goal chosen by himself.
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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Bush already gave obscene tax breaks to people like me and Warren Buffet, and we are saying it's not fair.
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and get the reader to keep turning the page.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.
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You can observe a lot by watching.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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You know, I have the best parents in the world and I got really, really lucky because they think that everything I do is Oscar-worthy.
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'I have a plan,' said Xaros, 'improbable only in its genius.'
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If the reader is rooting for the protagonist, they'll forgive you just about everything else.
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
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Most of the great works of juvenile literature are subversive in one way or another: they express ideas and emotions not generally approved of or even recognized at the time; they make fun of honored figures and piously held beliefs; and they view social pretenses with clear-eyed directness, remarking - as in Andersen's famous tale - that the emperor has no clothes.
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Cain has built a city. For God's Eden he substitutes his own, for the goal given to his life by God, he substitutes a goal chosen by himself.
