Jessica Livingston Quotes
Lots of people were skeptical, but that's always true when you do something that hasn't been done before.
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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We are ready to work hard, work together to re-elect President Barack Obama. We must do it because women deserve to make their own choices and determine the course of their lives.
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What is wrong with George Bush? What is his problem?
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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I was signed at 19 years old to a major label, and dropped by the time I was 22.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
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Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.
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I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
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I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation. With very few exceptions, it can't be this one-way, 'Here I am on the mountaintop preaching to all of you great unwashed readers in hopes of saving you.' It doesn't work that way.
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Day 1, when I was drafted to the Toronto Raptors, they had this stigma on them: Every guy leaves. Nobody wants to be here. Superstars, nobody wants to play in Canada. From Day 1, my whole mindset and approach to the game, being in Toronto, was I wanted to change that whole narrative to that whole organization.
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I think fashion can tell a story about celebrating difference, can talk about how different people are, how diverse people are - and for me, that's where fashion really succeeds, when it tackles things to do with the world we live in.
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It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.
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Lots of people were skeptical, but that's always true when you do something that hasn't been done before.
