George MacDonald Quotes
It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.
Quotes to Explore
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company.
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There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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But there's a huge blessing that comes from being a part of a show like 'The Cosby Show' that sets such a high standard of quality - it touched so many people on so many different levels.
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.
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It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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When you face a 'performance' that might provoke the 'I'm scared' response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It's more fun than 'Dancing with the Stars!'
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It is users that are driving the networks with innovations on top of the networks and with innovations in the devices space. This is very healthy.
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'Harlem: The Unmaking of a Ghetto' is a surprise and a fresh way of looking at Harlem, connecting the black district with the architecture of its historical past.
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We're trying to provide a platform for applications. We think that's the next level. We are trying to become the Windows of the internet.
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From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.
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It seems to me absurd to doubt that a man may be an ardent Theist & an evolutionist. … I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God.
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When I was first elected to the House in 2006, it was important to me to send a clear message to the people of NY-20: I wanted to be a representative for the people and shed some light on their government, so I became the first member of Congress to post my schedule, my financial disclosures and my earmark requests all online.
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It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.
