Oswald Chambers Quotes
The great enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but the good which is not good enough. The good is always the enemy of the best.
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My parents separated when I was very small. I grew up with my mother, and I was a single child then. She was very independent, doing her things and having fun alone and working.
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I always had the feeling that Bleachers is my soul.
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I kind of lost interest in school. I was never really that interested anyway. I was never academic. I didn't really go to school as much as I should have.
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You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because they watched you while they were eating dinner, or they can turn you up or down, or even freeze you.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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Acting is the most insecure profession in the world - you're insecure if you're successful, you're insecure if you're not. A tightrope walk without a net. It's a miracle I'm still standing!
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.
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It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
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It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots.
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Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.
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I believe in tradition and innovation, authenticity and passion.
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'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.
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You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for charities.
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He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.
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The great enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but the good which is not good enough. The good is always the enemy of the best.
