John Ortberg Quotes
Gratitude is what we radiate when we experience grace, and the soul was made to run on grace the way a 747 runs on rocket fuel.
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.
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The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.
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You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff.
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Here's how adaptation works - almost everything in the movie is in the book in some form. But it's as though the deck has been completely reshuffled and some of the cards have been assigned different values, some of the fours have been made into jacks, and some of the jacks have been made into twos.
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I would think about the outcome. Visualize sometimes. Because it never comes out the way you want it to. Fight the way I know how to fight. Whatever comes up, comes up.
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
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One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
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You can instill fear in your kids and get them to mind, but they won't function better in the world and your relationship will suffer greatly.
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Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.
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I've had my heart broken and then gone out and done dumb things.
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The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.
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To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance.
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My parents don't have a lot of money, and it was only when my mum's mum died that we could buy Fernandez, my first grand prix horse.
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You receive the light through what you read, through what you hear in meditation, or through some spiritual practice.
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I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting. The more different they are, the bigger the challenge.
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If you want to know whether soccer is big in America, pick a weekend, go to any park in the land, and pay attention. We're there. We've always been.
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There are still a lot of Mike Tyson fans out there, and a lot of disbelievers in the first fight, and they want to see us fight again. I am the emperor. If he wants to fight, I am here. If he does not, I understand.
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Gratitude is what we radiate when we experience grace, and the soul was made to run on grace the way a 747 runs on rocket fuel.
