Peter Akinola Quotes
'We remind our churches to maintain the emphasis on the war against indecent dressing'
Quotes to Explore
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I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.
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People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions with him and many of these scholars who visited and came around the dining table, the lunch table, and attended many lectures with my dad. And so I learned the apprentice way.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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Every guy should own one good pair of jeans.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
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You have to understand that PTSD has to be an event that you experience, a very traumatic event. And actually, there is evidence that brain chemistry changes during this event in certain individuals where it's imprinted indelibly forever and there's an emotion associated with this which triggers the condition.
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You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.
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One challenge in this industry is that you adopt a certain look for a movie, and then people don't get to see the movie for a year!
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I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'
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Democracy is a request from a War Board, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war, wanting to know what democracy is.
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I think people assumed because of my last name that I was a real right-winger. And if you cared to look at my writing, you would be hard pressed to deduce that I'm an ideological right-winger.
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I hope life treats you kind And I hope you have all you've dreamed of. And I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love.
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I'm a deeply romantic person, nostalgic to a fault.
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'We remind our churches to maintain the emphasis on the war against indecent dressing'
