John Ortberg Quotes
I hate how spiritual formation gets positioned as an optional pursuit for a small special interest group within the church.
Quotes to Explore
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A first date should be elegant. In comfortable surroundings. A place with excellent food, where you can talk easily and get to know each other.
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Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.
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I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.
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The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
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Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.
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My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as a writer. It forced me to draw some conclusions that were my own.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever.
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If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections.
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Nowadays in pop, there's not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high - it's not as common as it once was.
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If you could wean yourself off of oil and not be dependent on the Middle East, obviously it's better.
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I will openly admit that I've never really followed hockey. Given my New England upbringing, I have always adhered to the Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox, Bruins mantra of professional sports fandom, but hockey was definitely the lowest sport on the totem pole - even when the Bruins won the Stanley Cup.
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I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!
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As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market.
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I can't really change the games I like to make, and I can't change my own particular aesthetic.
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I am a sportsman, and I hate politics.
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The process of rehearsal means you learn so much and really get the chance to develop your work on a character.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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I hate how spiritual formation gets positioned as an optional pursuit for a small special interest group within the church.
