John Flavel Quotes
Alas! that Christians should stand at the door of eternity having more work upon their hands than their time is sufficient for, and yet be filling their heads and hearts with trifles.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the words and vocal melody come to me, or they don't. That's how I determine who to write with. It works, or it doesn't.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter, a proofreader, a mental-health-care provider, a substitute teacher, and a book reviewer. In and around the edges of all those jobs I have written poems, stories, and books, books, books.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.
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Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman – her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Barring some sociopaths, probably, there is nobody who doesn't care about their appearance.
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The most important thing is being passionate about what you're doing and always give it your all. That is the key to success.
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You may be assured that we won't ever let your words die. Like the words of our Master, Jesus Christ, they will live in our minds and our hearts and in the souls of black men and white men, brown men and yellow men as long as time shall last.
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Every single performance of 'Fleabag,' I would learn so much from the audience reaction or how you could change it all the time, and I loved that sense that the performance is ever-growing and changing and could be affected by the audience.
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I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood.
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Alas! that Christians should stand at the door of eternity having more work upon their hands than their time is sufficient for, and yet be filling their heads and hearts with trifles.
