Jerry Bridges Quotes
The heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 ... obeyed by faith ... obedience is the pathway to holiness ... no one will become holy apart from a life of faith. Faith enables us to claim the promises of God, but it also enables us to obey the commands of God.
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If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.
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So, I get a kick out of working with the media.
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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While certainly no pressing threat to Gordon Lightfoot, I knew it was simply a matter of time until I was going to be a star.
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I read everything and anything. I love books.
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Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
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Women are the strong people in this world, not men. I think TV is finally catching up with that reality, and thank God.
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The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
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If you fire people, you fire customers.
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A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.
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Cue actor platitude, but I've been very fortunate and worked pretty consistently and have felt rather annoyingly grateful that I got to do what I got to do.
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It just feels unnatural to me to broadcast anything other than the character I've created.
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I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again.
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I learned that the first technology appeared in the form of stone tools, 2.6 million years ago. First entertainment comes evidence from flutes that are 35,000 years old. And evidence for first design comes 75,000 years old - beads. And you can do the same with your genes and track them back in time.
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I don't care if you're a man, if you're a player: If God sends you that one and your heart is in it, you'll work it out.
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While 'Friends' was about a 20-something population and what they were going through, they were also dealing with issues with their family.
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What I think is sad about the rom-com genre is that it has adopted this pejorative title. I think the reason why there haven't been as many great ones is because we are fighting against the genre itself. If it is a romantic comedy then snuggle up to the fact that it can be a really earnest, refreshing feeling to feel good after a movie.
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Paris Singer had vastly more to do with shaping my character than Mother had; although Mother made innumerable sacrifices for me, and Paris Singer made none. I wanted to be like him.
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Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about.
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God has graced every tradition with insight into the divine mystery, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated-each has a gift to bring to the world.
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Athletics is in my blood.
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Powerful people are always in charge. You have to acknowledge that and deal with it as a reality. They're not devils. They're not monsters. They're human beings, like us, that have their share of insecurities and fears. You have to contemplate that as you go through life.
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The heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 ... obeyed by faith ... obedience is the pathway to holiness ... no one will become holy apart from a life of faith. Faith enables us to claim the promises of God, but it also enables us to obey the commands of God.
