Philip Yancey Quotes
I think guilt is directional. You should get rid of it, but the way to get rid of it is not to get rid of the guilt feelings. It is to get rid of the wrong that you did that caused the guilt feelings.
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One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.
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I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.
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Do you remember the wrestler Andre the Giant? Famous. He had acromegaly.
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Amazon is not a monopoly or a monopsony, and even if it were, that by itself isn't illegal.
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In the happy scenes there were really fun times. Sean would say really funny stuff because he likes to improv. I would want to laugh, but you are not allowed to do that during the take.
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Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.
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I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator.
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War is being declared tomorrow here so perhaps you can understand that I have been working under difficulties, but difficulties negligible compared with what others have to go through.
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When creating an album, one of the first things you have to think about is what you want your production style to be.
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I don't like exercising; I'll be honest with you.
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When one starts writing a book, especially a novel, even the humblest person in the world hopes to become Homer.
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Even allegedly gender-neutral words like 'sexist' imply slights only against women.
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Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.
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Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; it should be the main pursuit of every true believer.
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Vae victis!
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Class instinct is subjective and spontaneous. ... To arrive at proletarian class positions, the class instinct of proletarians only needs to be educated; the class instinct of the petty bourgeoisie, and hence of intellectuals, has, on the contrary, to be revolutionized.
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Everything considered, a determined soul will always manage.
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In whatever kind of a 'race' life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist.
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I want to show all sides of myself. I mean, I don't want to howl at the moon my whole life, you know?
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Ninety-five percent of my work is being mayor. But that 5% that nags at all of us - of what's going wrong in this country - I think is best thought out not in your own head but by getting out there, being out there, and listening to Americans.
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Being eye candy always was a short-term career, and here's the reason. The world finds young women more attractive than old women because youthfulness signals fertility.
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There was an enormous revival of pulp fiction that started in the '60s and continued into the '70s, which in large part gave rise to things like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' among others. But I developed an appetite for the original stuff at the time, and that appetite has never really abated.
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I think guilt is directional. You should get rid of it, but the way to get rid of it is not to get rid of the guilt feelings. It is to get rid of the wrong that you did that caused the guilt feelings.
