Brooke Foss Westcott Quotes
The mark of a saint is not perfection, but consecration. A saint is not a person without faults, but a man who has given himself without reserve to God.
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I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.
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Virtual reality is a tough sell for a software developer. They have to convince investors that not only are they going to build a good game, which is what they normally have to do, they have to convince them that it's going to be a good game and that virtual reality will be successful.
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The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.
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Endurance in ministry is rooted in the eternal perspective. The absence of an eternal perspective makes you vulnerable to losing heart.
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I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted.
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When it's all said and done, I want to look back on my career and say I did numerous things.
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Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
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If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?
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There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.
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I'm dyslexic, I have attention-deficit disorder, and I've got something like a hereditary tremor.
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I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones.
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I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from.
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We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability.
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That MySpace is the story of the year. Everyone but my mother is on it.
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I will open an era of grand national unity.
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As one can ascend to the top of a house by means of a ladder or a bamboo or a staircase or a rope, so diverse also are the ways and means to approach God, and every religion in the world shows one of these ways.
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I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings and yet depend upon the charity of a flower for life. I will be as the firefly and my light will brighten the world.
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Mis muertos siguen sufriendo el dolor de la vida en mí.
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Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
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I like to prepare for my roles well, so you can call me a method actor to an extent.
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It is more profitable to be mindful of our own faults than of those of our age.
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When it comes to guys, my dad is the measure of the perfect man. And that's a pretty tough standard to match up to.
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I think the western is about people in harsh places trying to tame an unfriendly wilderness. Because life is defined by struggle, it's kind of the perfect microcosmic experience to explore that. 'Here we are, struggling.' It's about people persevering and persevering and persevering.
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The mark of a saint is not perfection, but consecration. A saint is not a person without faults, but a man who has given himself without reserve to God.
