Jim Elliot Quotes
Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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I'm a lot less concerned with Bill Clinton's escapades decades ago than I am with Hillary Clinton's consistently wrong record when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to domestic policy.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
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If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside.
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That's double-edged: it's amazing that they're bringing me in and showing people new ideas, and at the same time it's a little hard because seventy percent of the time or even higher I'm not going to get those roles.
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I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.
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Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!
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A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
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Life is one big love story with hundreds of little love stories within it.
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All of us, the government, parliament, local authorities and the society must demonstrate determination and readiness to use knowledge and capabilities... toward full European integration.
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Authoritarianism, an unrealistic occidental imagination - these issues will never be settled. Turkey will continue to take Europe as a model; it will continue to pursue its search for democracy.
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I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original.
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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.
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There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.
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Every Indian kid has access to MySpace and Facebook. But that doesn't mean they have access to books and great teachers. This idea about bringing digital tech into schools is great, but once again I'll say that this is not how people actually learn.
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Comedy is a comfortable yet challenging place for me. I will always feel an inner pressure to do my best and to improve.
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Every time I find myself stressed out, it's because I do things primarily driven by growth.
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The heart and soul of loving yourself is integrity and the peace of conscience it inspires.
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Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!
