Jonathan Edwards Quotes
The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
Quotes to Explore
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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The day you stop learning and creating must be the most boring day.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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My father also encouraged my love of nature. He urged me to become a Cub Scout, and later a Boy Scout, and I found I really liked being outdoors.
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I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.
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I don't think the Republicans care much about minorities.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
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I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.
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I can't imagine I could have become the person I am now without books. Books became synonymous with freedom. They showed that you could open doors and walk through.
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The purpose of prayer is the alignment of the mind with the thoughts and the will of God.
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Samsara - our conditioned existence in the perpetual cycle of habitual tendencies and nirvana - genuine freedom from such an existence- are nothing but different manifestations of a basic continuum. So this continuity of consciousness us always present. This is the meaning of tantra.
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When you have friends, don’t expect your friends to fill your emptiness. When you get married, don’t expect your spouse to fulfill your every need. When you’re an activist, don’t put your hope in the results. When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
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The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
