James Dobson Quotes
Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.
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Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent.
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You can't just let nature run wild.
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.
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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
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If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.
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The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.
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The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
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You've got no chance of reaching the top if you're just playing for money.
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I don't invent characters because the Almightly has already invented millions… Just like experts at fingerprints do not create fingerprints but learn how to read them.
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As far as art's concerned, I probably like modern art more than traditional art.
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I write and direct the Duke University Children's Hospital Benefit every year.
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Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.
