John Eldredge Quotes
Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That's soul killing!
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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When my film flops, I believe it is my mistake. There have been times when I didn't come out of my house because my films didn't do well. I lock myself in for months. I don't talk to people. I feel bad for producer, director, for those who lost money. It's never about myself or my career alone.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as an actor.
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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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The sheriff is at the cash register, and if I don't get a hit soon, I don't know what I'll do.
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Theater owners are exerting a lot of power over the studios to withhold access to content that people want to see. That's bad for consumers, that's bad for studios, and ultimately, I think it will be bad for theaters.
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When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. You're not inventing it, but you're finding the story that's there. You're making a play that's eventually going to go on stage and present itself to an audience. You want to show what happened, not exactly what you have evidence of happening.
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When we were on the road, I found out that my greatest hits album went Gold. They freaked out. Things really came to a head when we started arguing about a Van Halen greatest hits package.
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The stream in my hometown Calgary is the oil and gas industry - that's the talk you hear on the street.
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Ricky Martin is one of my idols in the industry.
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The M-1 is the best tank in the world, if you can get it to the war in time, if you have a Saddam Hussein who'll give you seven months to move your forces in.
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My only friends were boys, and I was just one more of them.
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I'm looking for things where, like with 'Ten,' I don't look like me, and I'm playing something a bit different. I'm just trying to flex a different muscle and see if it works. I've saved the world and killed monsters and done all that. Now I want to try something a bit different and a bit more challenging.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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I recall playing practical jokes with John Wayne. I once got a whole bunch of keys and had little tags made that said, 'If lost, please return to John Wayne, RKO Studios. Reward.' And I just dropped them all over town. He got a lot of phone calls, people showing up at the studio. He never learned who did it.
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Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That's soul killing!
