Francis Chan Quotes
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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
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To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys.
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I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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College isn't in everyone's hearts. I am living proof, though, that school doesn't mess up your plans. It gives you more experiences to write about.
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'Big Bang Theory' is not my kind of show. It's not my humor. I don't like multicam comedies. I don't want an audience to tell me when to laugh.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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My first job entailed spending a summer working in a cornfield in Nebraska.
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What is important for a central banker is that you have to convey that you know what you are doing.
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I honestly wondered how on earth I would manage to combine work and motherhood.
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Every trend in my high school was terrible! I used to wear my hair in a tight bun and let two long pieces hang in the front. I'd also wear really dark eyeliner and bright pink eyeshadow. For some reason, my friends and I thought it was really fashionable to wear a short tie with our uniforms.
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I think it is good when something can stay interesting for a long time. It's not just a trend for one month.
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I was part of the generation that pushed the Internet. In fact, I broke as an artist in the U.S.A. because of the Internet.
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I remember taking my demo to every dance person in London. People were like, 'We don't know what this is!' The first people to champion me were a club in Manchester.
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For being a young guy, I'm articulate and can hold a decent conversation with somebody. But I've been able to do that since I was young. I don't think that has to do too much with schooling, it has more to do with the people I was raised around, my parents. I have respect for adults.
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One could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive.
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If that was on my road the council would be like 'Get that down, its a deathtrap!'
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A practical help in keeping your personal purity unblemished in your relations with other people is to begin to see them as God does. Say to yourself, “That man or that woman is perfect in Christ Jesus! That friend or that relative is perfect in Christ Jesus!
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I used to have to do readings in church, and it was terrifying. I would never have my glasses. The words are printed so small even Superman would be nervous. And you’re reading from the Bible. It’s not like you can just make something up and improvise. “A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians. Uhhh. Dear Corinthians, … How was your weekend? Sure is hot here. Uh, tell Jesus ‘Hey.’ This is the word of the Lord.
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I said: "A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces". In other words: a tiger does not stand in the forest and say: "I am a tiger". When you pass where the tiger has walked before, you see the skeleton of the duiker, you know that some tigritude has been emanated there.
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You must feed your mind with reading material, thoughts, and ideas that open you to new possibilities.
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It's just working people one by one, one at a time.
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Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses
