Mattie Stepanek Quotes
God gives me hope that there is something greater than us, something better and bigger than the here and now, that can help us live.

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I think music needs danger; it needs risk.
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If you're old enough to be arrested, you're old enough to carry a gun.
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I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap valuable insight and information.
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With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.
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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.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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If you're making comedies, they have to have a fun and a rhythm to them.
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Typically, if you buy a studio with a library, their library is pretty well licensed out many years in advance, so you are not really gaining access to the programming in that way.
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I never expected my writing to become as popular as it did.
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Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.
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I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters.
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Lyrics are very important to me. I like speaking to women and saying what I mean.
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Apple has made this commitment that it's a green company. So how do you fulfill your commitment if you don't consider you have responsibility in your suppliers' pollution?
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Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves.
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Anybody who cares about the functioning of democracy should be concerned about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.
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I live in a state of hypersensitivity, and I've always had this feeling that something bad is going to happen to myself, or my wife and children. This manifests itself in different fears and visions.
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I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost.
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God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings.
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God gives me hope that there is something greater than us, something better and bigger than the here and now, that can help us live.