Oswald Chambers Quotes

The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes the dominating factor.

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• So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life.

  

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• At one time or another, we have all faced the temptation to disconnect by giving someone the silent treatment. After being married to Joel for more than twenty-one years, I have learned that is not the best way to handle a disagreement.

  

  Victoria Osteen
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• A Persian army being then subject to great inconveniences, for their horses are tied and generally shackled to prevent them from running away, and if an alarm happens, a Persian has the housing to fix, his horse to bridle, and his corslet to put on before he can mount.

  

  Xenophon
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• Women are not all single-issue voters.

  

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• One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.

  

  Karen Mills
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• When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.

  

  Irwin Thomas
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• I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
  • Home
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• If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add eight to 24 years to your life.

  

  Jack Herer
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• I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.

  

  Larry Hogan
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• I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions with him and many of these scholars who visited and came around the dining table, the lunch table, and attended many lectures with my dad. And so I learned the apprentice way.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
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• If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.

  

  Aaron Copland
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• I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.

  

  Karin Slaughter
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  • Home
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• I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.

  

  Parker Stevenson
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• No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.

  

  Venus Williams
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• It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
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• It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.

  

  Valentina Tereshkova
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• Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • People
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• When I see something, I go for it.

  

  Jackee Harry
  • See
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  • Go For It

• I used to MC a bit when I was young - 14 or 15 years old.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
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• Please spare us the self-pity about how tough it is to look for a job while living with your parents.

  

  Bret Stephens
  • Job
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• As separate people, we are weak, but we could be a peaceful, powerful nation.

  

  Amity Gaige
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• If folks focus in on a niche and own it, there is a good chance they could make half a living from blogging.

  

  Jason Calacanis
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• I always look for the character that gets into your guts and tells you, 'You have to play this.' You have to be brave enough to let everything else go and let the character guide you. When I read a script, I look for that kind of pull.

  

  Colin Morgan
  • Character
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• The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes the dominating factor.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Good
  • Christianity
  • Recognize