Phillip E. Johnson Quotes
To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and not a very important idea.
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I was a confused young girl with so much tragedy. Sometimes when you're going through stuff, the last person you're thinking exists is God. I mean, it was my confusion, the anger that was in my heart, all that drama. But thank God I know God now, okay?
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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Since I was a child, I have had this feeling that the most important work I'd do would be with my family.
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Women's inclusion in the economy is one of the most important issues in Israel.
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I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.
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As instruments for knowing the objects, the sense organs are outside, and so they are called outer senses; and the mind is called the inner sense because it is inside. But the distinction between inner and outer is only with reference to the body; in truth, there is neither inner nor outer. The mind's nature is to remain pure like ether.
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If you are playing on a turning wicket, toss plays an important role. The team that wins the toss gets an opportunity to play on the fresh wicket. You should always prepare the wicket as per team's strength. But a rank turner might backfire.
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If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included.
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I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish water and the hard sun showing up the dirtiness on the roof tops. And after a time, even at night, the feeling of God didn't last.
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Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain't Washington.
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Even after marriage, our home is important for us.
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At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a yes.
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You don't always necessarily see eye to eye with the people that you are getting married into you, so you really have to learn to open your mind, open your heart and be super compassionate about other people's points of view, faith and opinions.
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Cuba came to be the last country to get rid of Spanish colonialism and the first to shake off the heinous imperialist tutelage.
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I personally won't have anything live in my house that can't move the car on street-sweeping day or grate carrots. Plus, I don't mind being talked to harshly. I want to be challenged by something more complex than a Wheaton terrier.
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Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
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I think it is important not to scream from the rooftops to make yourself heard, I want my work to do the talking for me.
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I describe a world with no exit, convinced that God accompanies man throughout his history.
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Healthy foods are great, but it's important to keep your body active. Your muscles only get stronger and build more endurance for everyday things if you're moving and get the blood pumping. Exercising stimulates certain brain chemicals and can put you in a better mood!
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I'm a writer. I'm naturally introverted, so being the public face of something, I don't think I do it well.
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To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and not a very important idea.
