Jim Elliot Quotes
I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful infl uence on this life of mine than your prayers.
Quotes to Explore
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My family background was deeply Christian.
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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
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I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.
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A fashion show is like a 10-minute play, but there's all this anticipation; Everyone arriving, finding their seats, then there's 10 minutes of people walking past and clothes and music, then the whole thing is finished.
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It's the Law of God that gave the stability to Christian civilization.
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Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
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As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.
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All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.
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The same way one tells a recipe, one tells a family history. Each one of us has our past locked inside.
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I don't do really well in cities, which is crazy given that we're flying in and out of these major cities every week.
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
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The past is but the past of a beginning.
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Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
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The past could liberate or imprison - it creates a nation's character, provides the nourishment or the poison a people imbibe in their very marrow.
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The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.
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People tend to think they know you when you come into their televisions every week. They think you are different than who you are. Don't believe everything you hear.
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Nutella. I dig my spoon in and eat it straight out of the jar. I can easily go through one a week.
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I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies.
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You had to make an appointment to see her. But it was just a crazy spectacle, people filing past.
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I was an outcast growing up with a bunch of Christian people. My father didn't go to church, and that was not good news if you lived right in the middle of it.
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Words, in their distant past, have the past of my reveries.
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I write slowly.
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There is a pool of references in New York and Los Angeles that are almost exclusively drawn from the media, from the world of television and advertising.
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I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful infl uence on this life of mine than your prayers.
