Joni Eareckson Tada Quotes
Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.
Quotes to Explore
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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Is it possible that there are no coincidences?
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
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If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?
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I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water and we need these forests.
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Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
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I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.
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It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day.
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Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning and heard them rattling in the tunnels. No mishap was going to stop me from bowling in the real game, especially this one.
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I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession.
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I can relate to pushing yourself because you want to help and move culture toward justice.
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People think money is life and your life is over if you lose it.
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The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.
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I was a little ahead of him but that didn't matter after awhile.
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If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
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I don't get dressed up every day. I'm very busy. I get really annoyed when people talk about me as a 'fashionista.' I get dressed up when I have to go out. Most of the time, I'm running around in jeans.
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Happiness is doing it rotten your own way.
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How vast a memory has Love!
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Gabby called it 'Congress on Your Corner' - just an updated version of government of and by and for the people.
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I graduated with a degree in musical theater and no skill in anything else to make money; I wish I had gotten a massage therapy kit or something where I could have made my own money.
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Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.
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Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.
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Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.
