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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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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The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.
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I work a lot in Africa: Texas and Africa have the best sunsets on the planet, that I've ever seen.
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Some of my favorite pieces are from thrift shops. When I find something I really love, I live, work and sleep in it.
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There's more to life than being an actor in a Hollywood movie. I'm not going to adapt my life after that existence, where a lot of people do. And they get the publicist, and they get all that stuff, and it becomes them. I think it's a stupid way to live your life. A really dumb way to live your life.
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I don't want to be alone at 80 years old, dripping in diamonds - having never helped anyone. That's not my path. That's not what I care about. That's not what excites me.
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I think we make too many records. One record a year is crazy to me. But some people have to sell tickets. The label has to meet their quarterly number: 'We need a record a year.' All of a sudden, the tail's wagging the dog. It's not the music; it's everything else making the music. That's just backwards. It's wrong.
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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.
