Philip Yancey Quotes
For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of 'keeping company with God.'Philip Yancey
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
Carine Roitfeld -
Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.
Zig Ziglar -
Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
Sam Harris -
A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
Taraji P. Henson -
I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
Francesca Annis -
I don't think you should exploit your own pain.
Laura Linney
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With my book 'How to Remodel a Man,' I was on 'Oprah,' 'Fox News,' 'The Early Show,' and 'Good Morning America.' 'Oprah' was the best - an hour long segment. TV is so short, you answer a few questions, and then it's over. It feels like a hit-and-run with a camera.
W. Bruce Cameron -
To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
Karl Pilkington -
We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
Olivia De Havilland -
For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
Viggo Mortensen -
My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules.
Madchen Amick -
I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I didn't just have my vinyls to stare at!
Gabrielle Aplin
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
Mae West -
All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
Natalia Makarova -
Endorphins are a very powerful thing.
Irene Rosenfeld -
One who is persistent will excel.
Venus Williams -
Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
Laure Manaudou -
I think for people that are dealing with this out there, the important thing to know is that this is real. It's called CIU, and there are solutions out there for you.
Vicki Lawrence
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You learn from it, then you have to come back to work. I've been in this predicament many times.
Orlando Brown -
We enjoy freedom and the rule of law on which it depends, not because we deserve it, but because others before us put their lives on the line to defend it.
Thomas Sowell -
It's my view that children are violent, dirty, corrupt anarchists. Just adults-in-waiting, basically.
Mike Newell -
For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of 'keeping company with God.'
Philip Yancey