Bruce Oldfield Quotes
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One of the most sacred purposes for which the scriptures were written was to make it possible for all to know Christ. The scriptures teach and testify of Jesus Christ. They teach us much that we need to know and to do to return to the presence of the Savior.
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I have selective hearing.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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I don't think you will meet anyone in Israel who will ever burn the American flag.
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Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.
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What is supposed to be the very essence of Judaism - which is the notion that it is by study that you make yourself a holy people - is nowhere present in Hebrew tradition before the end of the first or the beginning of the second century of the Common Era.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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Yeah, Dundee was great. It was a great film. I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee.
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A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.
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It's true, you never forget your first love, and, for me, that will always be Paris.
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You got to choose between tightening your belt or losing your pants.
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I grew up in the church.
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To see for themselves what the United States has been willing to undertake in the name of freedom. We should all visit Normandy. We should pay homage to those brave Americans who stormed ashore at Omaha Beach and gave their lives for the freedom of others.
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I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
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I do not want to respond to leaks that concern things that have to do with state secrets of the first degree.
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I believe in following opportunities.
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When you're teaching creative nonfiction, it helps to have written about your life in a very open way, because you can say, 'Look, how much are you willing to risk emotionally to write? How careful can you be with the other people you're writing about?'
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No society can function as a society, unless it gives the individual member social status and function, and unless the decisive social power is legitimate.
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In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really. I just try to do the game as best I can. And the winning and the losing will take care of itself.
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Bravery is not strength in the face of a far lesser foe. Bravery is the exact opposite of that.
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Don't take things too seriously.
