James Lankford Quotes
Every generation has to protect every one of their rights, whether that's freedom of the press, freedom of speech, or freedom of faith. You have to remain diligent.
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You can only begin to share life well when you think well of yourself.
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I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.
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It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
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There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
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A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit an extra word or syllable into each line without tripping myself up.
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Americans are very easygoing people. If the added attention and great visibility that I have been able to generate can help open doors and expose more Chinese to American values and the American way of life, that is great.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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I'm not interested in celebrity.
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I choose my words very delicately because I have a divided society.
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.
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I think there are narratives going on all the time that we think of as tangential - up until they turn out to be deciding factors in our lives.
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I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and I think he means that. I met him last autumn and he assured me that they wanted to come through and disarm Iraq by peaceful means, and that's what we are trying to do as hard as we can.
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You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear.
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It did something to me. I thought it was the most glorious melody.
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Of course, for me, having served 22 years in the military and to have the opportunity to continue to serve my country is a great honor and is a privilege. So that's what makes it special each and every day.
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Music is a science peculiarly productive of a pleasure that no state of life, publick or private, secular or sacred; no difference of age or season; no temper of mind or condition of health exempt from present anguish; nor, lastly, distinction of quality, renders either improper, untimely, or unentertaining.
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'In God We Trust.' It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings. It is simple, direct, gracefully phrased: it always sounds well - In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true. And in a measure it is true - half the nation trusts in Him. That half has decided it.
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Every generation has to protect every one of their rights, whether that's freedom of the press, freedom of speech, or freedom of faith. You have to remain diligent.
