Brigham Young Quotes

Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place.

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• Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.

  

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• Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.

  

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• Spiritual formation in a Christian tradition answers a specific human question: 'What kind of person am I going to be?' It is the process of establishing the character of Christ in the person. That's all it is.

  

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• Tech companies tend to do tech best.

  

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• The most important tool of my trade was a mirror.

  

  Lana Turner
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• My interest in Virtual Reality (VR) films began for me when I began a fellowship with MIT's Open Documentary Lab. It was a profound experience to be on MIT's campus one day a week and to enter a new world of storytelling where breaking convention and traditional methods were expected. This was deeply challenging and inspiring.

  

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• I probably dreamt about running off to America or something when I was 16 because it just seemed like I was studying algebra and going, 'What am I going to use this for?'

  

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• Conspiracy theories feed on opacity, and that's a longtime problem with short selling. Large long positions must be reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission in public filings, but not large short positions.

  

  Gary Weiss
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• It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.

  

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• I got so excited about it. I was like, 'Yes! I won a Grammy!' And then my manager was like, 'No, you did not win a Grammy. You were part of a song that won a Grammy. Rihanna won a Grammy.'

  

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• I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it.

  

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• I've been honored to take part in protests and events across Illinois, joining with thousands of you in the resistance, making calls, sending letters, and making sure Washington understands that we will not allow the ACA to be repealed.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • You
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• Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment in recognition of the pattern.

  

  Alfred North Whitehead
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• Meaning is found in relationship. - Meaning is the relationship of the foreground figure to the background.

  

  Bruce Lee
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• My writing voice is very much like 'Thank You for Smoking.' It's a guy's voice. It's very masculine.

  

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• A little showbiz never hurt anyone.

  

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• So much of my life is spent just focused on driving race cars.

  

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• Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world.

  

  Gabriela Mistral
  • World
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• Good news from heaven the angels bring, Glad tidings to the earth they sing: To us this day a child is given, To crown us with the joy of heaven.

  

  Martin Luther
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• My grandmother took me to church on Sunday all day long, every Sunday into the night. Then Monday evening was the missionary meeting. Tuesday evening was usher board meeting. Wednesday evening was prayer meeting. Thursday evening was visit the sick. Friday evening was choir practice. I mean, and at all those gatherings, we sang.

  

  Maya Angelou
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  • Practice
  • Prayer

• Prayer, to the thinking person, is almost inescapable.

  

  Marjorie Holmes
  • Thinking
  • Prayer
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• Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place.

  

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