Jeff Flake Quotes
For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.
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When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.
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Utah has benefited from setting smart tax policy. That said, public finding is dynamic enough that we cannot just set the tax policy and presume that it does not require continual review and adjustment.
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My parents both played golf and introduced me to golf when I was 5 years old. They took me to the driving range and I played around at the range and immediately developed an interest in it.
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The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right, to choose his own surroundings.
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That's one thing you Americans take for granted, you know? That you can grow up, you know, not so good circumstances, and you can move. Just because you are born in rural Arkansas, whatever, that doesn't define who you are.
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Concealed handgun licenses contain all of the identifying information required by the TSA. It is time they recognize these licenses as acceptable forms of identification.
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Israeli suffering has to be understood.
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Rotgut was, to me, just this way to get into the underground of Manhattan where you have these little pockets a villain could rise from; a rot in the bowels of Manhattan. It led to these stories that were just very creepy.
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People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It's really important.
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There is something decidedly faux about the camaraderie of Facebook, something illusory about the connectedness of Twitter.
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I always knew I'd keep at it with the plodding doggedness that I used to master lump-less gravy and wriggle out of fitness classes; I always knew I'd get a zillion rejection slips. I figured I'd write part time while working various full-time office jobs, and maybe, maybe in my 50s, I'd be able to quit and try writing full time.
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You've got all that 130 km. of being totally focused, and as soon as you cross the line, it takes a few seconds to realise what's happened.
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I think one wants lots of different lives.
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I love the German and the Swiss people for their many fine traits of character. I love their language that is so exacting and yet so expressive.
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth.
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We have to take the first step as though there were no God. It is no use to wait for God to help us, He will not: but immediately we arise we find He is there.
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The real work is in the Heart:
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It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Just because you're in the missionary position don't make you no missionary.
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Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they pursue. The scientist seeking to advance the frontiers of his discipline, the missionary seeking to convert infidels to the true faith, the philanthropist seeking to bring comfort to the needy - all are pursuing their interests, as they see them, as they judge them by their own values.
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For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.
