John Ortberg Quotes
Opposition is an inevitable reality of pastoral life.
John Ortberg
Quotes to Explore
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
Ian Frazier
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
Aaron Lazar
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I think that we live in a highly specialized, technologically advanced society. Highly developed societies tend to have very remote understandings about what underlies our prosperity.
Paolo Bacigalupi
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
Parker Stevenson
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I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.
Becky G
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
Gary Lineker
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When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.
Irwin M. Jacobs
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When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.
Anton Zaslavski
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It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.
Aaron Eckhart
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I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.
L.A. Reid
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Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up.
Rainn Wilson