Francis Chan Quotes

Luke warm people are continually concerned with playing it safe; they are slaves to the god of control. This focus on safe living keeps them from sacrificing and risking for God.

Francis Chan

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• Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
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• I'm uncomfortable with the focus on the poet and not on the poem.

  

  Yusef Komunyakaa
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  • Poet
  • Uncomfortable

• Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • People
  • Man
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• I don't want to be known as the one who makes movies for older people.

  

  Nancy Meyers
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• I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.

  

  Ed Koch
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  • City
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• There is something about my aura or essence, or whatever, that draws the ex-wife characters to me. I don't seek them out, but people tend to think of me for that particular archetype, or whatever you want to call it, and I don't mind it. I think there is a strength to it.

  

  Natalie Zea
  • People
  • Mind
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• I want to make sure that people know that I can only be myself - I can't be a spokesperson for people with disabilities, because everybody has a completely different experience. I'm glad that I'm able to inspire parents to see one way to deal with it, but at the same time, I tell a lot of dirty jokes.

  

  Zach Anner
  • People
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  • Different

• I really believe deep in my soul that we're going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice.

  

  Zach Wamp
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Together

• The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.

  

  Sal Albanese
  • People
  • World
  • City

• As an actor you can't build up proper relationships with the people you work with, because after six months, you're done.

  

  Dakota Blue Richards
  • People
  • Up
  • Work

• We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.

  

  K. D. Lang
  • People
  • Society
  • Period

• However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

  

  Wale
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• I'm typically a 'just drink water' kind of guy. I was a bodybuilder in high school, so I used to - food to me was, 'there are this many grams of carbohydrates and proteins, and I need these micronutrients in order to grow and be fit,' and I ate in order to live and not live in order to eat, and I think most people are the opposite.

  

  Aaron Patzer
  • People
  • Live
  • School

• People tend to think they know you when you come into their televisions every week.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • People
  • Think
  • Week

• See, when I went to the Olympics in '76, the gymnastics people knew that I was good, but everybody else, after I won, everybody was like, 'Where's she coming from? Who is she? What is Romania?'

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • People
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  • She

• In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money.

  

  P. T. Barnum
  • People
  • Good
  • Money

• People think I'm more wild than I am... I like going to theme parks, play sports or just hanging out with my friends.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • People
  • Friends
  • Sports

• I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • People
  • Believe
  • Power

• On great teams - the kind where people trust each other, engage in open conflict, and then commit to decisions - team members have the courage and confidence to confront one another when they see something that isn't serving the team.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
  • Great
  • Team

• You can't get any movement larger than five people without including at least one fucking idiot.

  

  Kim Stanley Robinson
  • People

• My characters are often without a significant parental figure.

  

  Jamie Bell

• There are such strong women in my life that there's no chance of me getting too big for my boots.

  

  Jack Lowden
  • Life
  • Women
  • Strong

• While it's easy to sit back and cherry pick bad visual effects and blame the industry for making movies the way they are, you're really not seeing the whole picture.

  

  Freddie Wong
  • Bad
  • Picture

• Luke warm people are continually concerned with playing it safe; they are slaves to the god of control. This focus on safe living keeps them from sacrificing and risking for God.

  

  Francis Chan
  • People
  • Focus
  • Sacrifice