John Ortberg Quotes
Sometimes in churches somebody will discover a particular vein of spirituality and seek to recruit others into it, or assume a superior position because they have found certain techniques - but no one actually wants to become like them.
Quotes to Explore
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While the older generation is content to sit around and critique culture, that culture is moving beyond them. At some point the traditional church and all of the expressions of that church will become essentially irrelevant.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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In a lot of ways, I wasn't a normal teenager.
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I think people have a misinterpretation of Method acting, because Method acting is a wonderful thing. The thing is, if you take it too seriously, it's like religion. You start to think it's the truth. But it's not the truth. It's just a way to get somewhere.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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I don't start with a list of historical scenes that I want to include in the book. At a certain point, the narrative totally takes over, and everything that I include I can only incorporate if it answers to the internal terms of the novel.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.
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You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
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Fame is a very strange animal.
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Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.
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I am all for controlling guns.
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Because we self-published 'Draculas,' we control the rights. Not just for now, but forever.
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I remember the first time I heard a teenager say 'LOL.' Just what? But it means 'laugh.' Why don't you just laugh? What are you doing?
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We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay.
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I worked in ad sales. I would call up local businesses and try to get them to buy ads in the paper. The whole time, I felt like I was just scamming people.
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I still care a lot about my personal style, and since moving to New York and having a little more control over my own money, I've been able to make my 12-year-old fashion nerd dream comes true.
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No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.
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As you enter the world of myth, you have immediately a wonderful freedom.
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Television tends to be a more difficult medium for me to get my head around sometimes when it comes to certain things I get offered.
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Random? You'd almost think we were dealing with an identifiable enemy motivated by a distinct ideology that is drawn verbatim from a particular belief system's scriptures. Nah . . .
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How can you wonder what's going to happen when you don't know who's going to be the new guy in town?
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Sometimes in churches somebody will discover a particular vein of spirituality and seek to recruit others into it, or assume a superior position because they have found certain techniques - but no one actually wants to become like them.
