George MacDonald Quotes
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Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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Some have suffered death to make it possible for us to have the scriptures today. Historically, the scriptures in the Bible were reserved for the clergy, with the reading of them by others being denounced. At times, laws even prohibited the public or private reading of them.
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I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.'
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about driving after a couple of bottles of very nice wine. For me that's the ideal combination: working hard and enjoying the fruits of your labour.
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Some writers are so enthralled by ideas (one thinks of Doris Lessing) that their characters become debaters, and their fables approach allegory.
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At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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The imperial province should have a university, the prefectures should have colleges, and the counties should have day schools.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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I want to state clearly that I am a humanitarian, not an activist. I do not follow any agendas - only that of humanity, not only in Saudi Arabia, but all over the world.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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Endorphins are a very powerful thing.
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Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart.
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I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.
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It’s hard to be ignored When I look at you, you look so bored My baby, my darling, I’ve been taking a beating…Well alright (well alright) It’s okay (it’s okay) We all get the slip sometimes every day I’ll just keep it to myself in the sun In the sun
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It takes a certain ingenuous faith - but I have it - to believe that people who read and reflect more likely than not come to judge things with liberality and truth.
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A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.
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I've been in many auditions thinking, 'God, do I have to take my shirt off?'
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Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.
