Oswald Chambers Quotes

God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.

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There was this old soccer game called 'Goal' for the old Nintendo, and ever since then, I've played everything from the old school games to the 360.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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The 'Agent X' set was never boring. During the first few days, I had to adjust to the loud noise on set, which included gun shots and explosions. After we finished filming the season, I realized I missed hearing all the noise and driving on empty freeways.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure about the kids. They have brown eyes and small noses.
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Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
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Maybe it is the media that has us divided.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!
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I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
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Every man harbors an inner female territory ruled by his mother, from whom he can never entirely break free.
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There are things stronger than the strongest man.
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What does God want me to do with the resources, time, and talents He has given me?
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Only value the opinion of those that you respect. And anyone that you don’t respect, pay no mind to their opinion about you or anything else.
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I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force.
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God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.