John Bevere Quotes
How can a good God appoint cruel people to positions of authority? The answer is simple: God is the originator of the authority, but He is not the author of the cruelty. Man is responsible for his cruel actions, not God. All authority is of God, but not all authority is godly.
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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Vatican II was a force that seized the mind of the Roman Catholic Church and carried it across centuries from the 13th to the 20th.
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I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'
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PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
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We would like a stable policy framework, and whatever incentives and tax structures are there should be made known to investors upfront. There should be credibility, clarity and continuity in both policy formulation and its implementation.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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While some of the big publishers might give out 200,000 advances, if your book does not hit some of the lists in the second week, they stop paying attention to you.
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You can't exercise your way out of a bad diet.
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You're dealing in magic-it's this intangible thing that has to happen. And to seek it out too much might not be a good idea. Because, you know, it's very shy, too. But once you've got the essence of them, you can work songs and improve them. You see if there's a better word, or a better change.
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In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.
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How can a good God appoint cruel people to positions of authority? The answer is simple: God is the originator of the authority, but He is not the author of the cruelty. Man is responsible for his cruel actions, not God. All authority is of God, but not all authority is godly.
