John Gresham Machen Quotes
I see with greater and greater clearness that consistent Christianity is the easiest Christianity to defend.
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I think people are going to like my new shoes. I like them. I had a lot of success with the one last year, but this year's shoe is going to be a little different, but at the same time it's going to be a little spin-off on last year's shoe.
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The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it.
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The economy needs thriving, job-creating small businesses, but excessive and ill-considered regulations too often get in the way of growth.
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You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here.
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I'm really excited about the prospect of deepening what is already a really strong relationship that I have with the people of Broward.
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Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.
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Narrativity presumes a special taste for plot. And this taste for plot was always very present in the Anglo-Saxon countries and that explains their high quality of detective novels.
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I always felt like I'm a good one-on-one defensive player.
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A lot of people seem to feel that joy is only the most intense version of pleasure, arrived at by the same road - you simply have to go a little further down the track. That has not been my experience.
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Women make us poets, children make us philosophers.
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Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.
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When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first.
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You have to be forward-moving and able to balance a lot of things at the same time. I attribute a lot of that to the Marine Corps and Juilliard both.
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I always feel that until you take your last breath, you're always growing.
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I did some research and tried to pull out some old, classic Van Halen that they had not played in 10 or 15 years. I think that was Sammy's mistake. I he didn't want to do the Dave stuff.
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My kids and my family are number one; I enjoy them the most.
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If I could write rock & roll songs on purpose, I'd do it all the time. But most of what I write comes out slow and sad because that's most of what I listen to.
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It was like there's got to be some way to stay working and stay productive in Los Angeles. TV is that kind of thing for an actor. Unless you get stuck in one of these shows where you have to go to Vancouver.
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It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group.
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Data is of course important in manufacturing, but I place the greatest emphasis on facts.
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I see with greater and greater clearness that consistent Christianity is the easiest Christianity to defend.
