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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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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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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It was such a pivotal time in Elvis' life; he was just a poor boy from Tupelo, Miss. That's all he really was. He had the same feelings as everybody.
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In general, writers who talk to their colleagues and neighbors constantly about their own writing seem to me pretty insufferable. I try not to be that guy.
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I love playing characters that are unrecognizable.
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Usually when I make a record, I know what the potential is going to be, but I didn't know that 'Just A Friend' was going to be that big. 'Just A Friend' opened a world up where I never knew the difference between being a pop star and a regular rap star. It was crazy.
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People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.
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If you've noticed that I don't use long takes, it's not because I don't like them, but because no one gives me the necessary means to treat myself to them. It's more economical to make one image, then this image and then that image, and try to control them later, in the editing studio.
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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.
