John Ortberg Quotes
My wife is one of the most extroverted people I know. She could out-talk Oprah and Joyce Meyer simultaneously.
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If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave.
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Women and gay men have something in common after all: in that they are trying to deal with this goofy egotistical monster called a man.
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I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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When I come offstage, if I've done a bad show or had a bad night, the fact that everybody was standing at the end or three or four times during the show means nothing to me. I know I could have done a better show.
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My low center of gravity allows me to defend takedowns a lot better than most people. It's very hard to get to my legs. It's going to be really hard to take me down. There are a lot of positives to being my size.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning!
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One should know their body types well to experiment with trends.
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I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
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All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.
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At least in the United States, most economic resentment is not directed toward billionaires or high-roller financiers - not even corrupt ones. It's directed at the guy down the hall who got a bigger raise. It's directed at the husband of your wife's sister, because he earns 20 percent more than you do.
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I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.
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The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care.
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In my family, I'm the middle of three, and I'm like a lot of middle children. I was one of those kids that floated from group to group. I liked being able to be included in all the groups - the bad kids, the smart kids.
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My wife is one of the most extroverted people I know. She could out-talk Oprah and Joyce Meyer simultaneously.
