John Ortberg Quotes
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I like going after good material, well-written material.
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Modesty is my best quality.
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I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
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Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military.
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It's probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emacs buffer is higher than with most software.
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Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.
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Our heroes are fighting to bring stability to the Middle East, and they have put pressure on all of the tyrannies of the Middle East. They have taken a stand against tyranny, against terrorists, and for the prospect of decent societies throughout that region.
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There are 1.3 billion people in China, and they all want a Buick.
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One of the reasons I chose to come to Liverpool was because of the mentality of the club. It's a working club and a working city. I don't know why, but I feel like one of the people here. They recognise me and wish me luck, but in Spain, they surround you and you can't do anything. I think they're happy with me here.
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I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with the task at hand.
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I visited England immediately after I finished writing 'The Marrying Season,' before any editing or revisions.
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When private property is abolished there will be no necessity for crime, no demand for it; it will cease to exist.
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Our home in Louisville, Kentucky, where I was born on December 20, was one of great happiness.
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I will not have the power of nonviolence to be underestimated in order to cover my limitations or weaknesses.
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It's unbearable to see the people betrayed time and again by politicians who don't keep their promises and by the technocrats at the European Union.
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People will always try to change you. They will always want you to be who they want you to be. That's fine because I'll always be exactly who I want to be.
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The Human tendency, largely driven by ego, is to believe we can do it all....It maybe humbling to admit there are only a few things you do really well...you will free yourself to focus on those things which will lead to greater personal success and significance.
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You still waste time with those things, Lenù? We are flying over a ball of fire. The part that has cooled floats on lava. On that part we construct buildings, the bridges, and the streets, and every so often the lava comes out of Vesuvius or causes an earthquake that destroys everything. There are microbes everywhere that make us sick and die. There are wars. There is a poverty that makes us cruel. Every second something might happen that will cause you such suffering that you'll never have enough tears. And what are you doing? A theology course in which you struggle to understand what the Holy Spirit is? Forget it, it was the Devil who invented the world, not the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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We do not need answers or formulas to minister in crisis.
