Philip Yancey Quotes
The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads to death. You get it back by giving it away and when you give it away you get it back.'
Quotes to Explore
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People hear the examples of kids who work when they're young, have bad experiences, and then have a rough life after that, but a lot of it is just about the people around you.
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Money can't buy everything, but it can buy most of it. Because of money, I could give my parents a comfortable life.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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I think there are a very few pro-lifers who would say that a zygote in a petri dish is the equivalent of you or me; it's just younger. If you can say that without laughing, maybe you are a true pro-lifer. But I think most people are able or willing to make distinctions that show they maybe don't quite believe that.
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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Israel is stronger than all those who curse it.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
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I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have.
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I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
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I eat super clean and am always watching what I eat.
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I didn't come from the elites. I didn't come from the Northeast or from San Francisco. I came from a southern Ohio steel town, and it's a town that's really struggling in a lot of ways, ways that are indicative of the broader struggles of America's working class.
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
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I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be. But I think that telling people how you really feel, being who you truly are, being safe and taking care of yourself is the most important thing.
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Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!
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Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.
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What we're trying to do is address something I saw in Congress that was a major problem, which is to say that energy is arguably the most fundamental issue confronting our country.
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Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.
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The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads to death. You get it back by giving it away and when you give it away you get it back.'
