Joseph Barber Lightfoot Quotes
There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.
Quotes to Explore
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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I don't like possessions.
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There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
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The world is always terrible.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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There needs to be a place in the church or just outside - there needs to be a place where people feel free to ask questions without being put upon, where they feel free to ask difficult, challenging questions to voice their skepticism.
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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
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I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
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The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
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If I sit down to write a young-adult novel, then I'm going to write either to the punch-pulling expectation of what I can't do, or I'm going to go the other way and think about what can I sneak in to be 'down with the kids' - which would be excruciating.
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Training is my drug. I'm going to be the best I can in and out of the water - train right, eat right - and that is the way it should be.
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It's true that immigrant novels have to do with people going from one country to another, but there isn't a single novel that doesn't travel from one place to another, emotionally or locally.
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As long as a member state is a member state, there are no negotiations bilaterally on any trade agreement with third parties.
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It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.
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I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it.
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I have learned to be ready for anything - and be there for my kids. That's what life's all about.
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I have one life and one chance to make it count for something... My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
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You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
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You're playing for yourself. And if you're not playing for yourself, you're an entertainer, doing it for the crowd.
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Conflict is always fun to play.
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There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.
