John Ortberg Quotes
I know that those of us who go into church work are to regard ourselves as servants, are to offer our lives as a gift.
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If I were to continue to work in an established mode, it stands to reason the work would be limited by this - that it would never surpass the prior work in quality.
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The beauty of soaps is that it takes a village to make it work, and you get to work with really hardworking people.
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I got to work with legendary director Garry Marshall.
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I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.
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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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The Internet is just a bunch of servers and broadband cables and routers that traffic data around the world. But I think now the Internet is starting to become an entity that society views as a human thing.
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Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed?
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I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.
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Some things is made by destiny, yes, other things by hard work, but quality you don't learn. Quality you are born with.
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Getting into the residential investment business entails lots of renovation work.
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There are programs that don't work.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work.
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That's all I want them to be - crumbs. I don't want to work any kind of fabricated message.
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A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.
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Most of Planned Parenthood's work focuses on health care for low-income women: things like screenings for breast cancer and diabetes, and family planning.
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The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.
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I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.
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I would honestly say I'm in the turtle's race. My journey is a marathon.
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The damage done to U.S. prestige by the feckless, buffoonish George W. Bush will take years to repair.
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Do you remember those AM radio kits you get as a kid, and you build your own AM radio? Well, I never actually built one. But I did get them as a gift, for, like, 3 Christmases in a row, and I hated them.
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I know that those of us who go into church work are to regard ourselves as servants, are to offer our lives as a gift.
