Eric Metaxas Quotes
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Conformity is dangerous.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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If you have multiples of anything, you have the possibility of repetition. Repetition creates pattern and also unity. Put anyone in a room with a pile of similar objects and say, 'I want a pattern by 3 P.M. or no dinner.' Anyone would come up with a design. It is easy, fun and available to anybody. Most people just don't have the nerve.
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I really like my doctors. Some of them I love. I trust them.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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I had to deal with being somewhat of an outcast because it's not socially acceptable to be a struggling musician. There have been times where I've felt sorry for the person I was dating. I felt she deserved better.
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Custom turns everything upside down. Give it time, and what can resist its hardening effect? What does not yield to use? How many find that the bitterness they had formerly dreaded has, unfortunately, through use alone, turned to sweetness?
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I do interval training, high intensity dance, and yoga. I do run a lot, but more for speed.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.
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Some guys can do more talking in the ring, other guys do posing, body building, whatever the hell they do in the ring. But I don't have the big body, and I'm not the big smooth talker, but I can get in the ring and wrestle.
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My secret heroes were Joe Morello, Ray Charles - who is, in my opinion, the most dominant figure in musical history in the 21st century - and Frank Sinatra. Those are my heroes. And as a writer, when Bob Dylan came along, it was a miracle because he gave us all permission to say anything!
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I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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One of the joys of being at St. George is you were operating under the radar screen a lot of the time, and you could actually get on with things a lot more quickly and easily.
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If you had told me ten years ago that I would be able to go and make out with Will Forte one day and then Woody Harrelson the next, it would have blown my mind.
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I was educated to think maybe Brazil works, maybe it doesn't. But I decided I am going to make this country work for my children. I am investing all my effort now in making Brazil a great country.
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Everyone probably says this, but my favorite athlete is Tony Hawk. I'd really love to meet him.
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Beyond his strength no man can fight, although he be eager.
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In my next incarnation, I want to be a writer.
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I'm the author of several books, including children's books.
