Francis Chan Quotes
People who are obsessed with Jesus do not consider service a burden. Obsessed people take joy in loving God by loving His people.
Quotes to Explore
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I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS. I don't dream bad dreams about it. If I did, I'd be giving in to the negativity.
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I got to write most of everything I said.
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Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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I need talk more, call people out. It's not who I am, but I feel I need to do this more to bring more attention for me.
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Pre-Internet, maybe it took six months for a fashion message to get across to a customer base. Fashion messages are now being sent out overnight, simultaneously, to every market in the world.
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The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.
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I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things.
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I love walks, hiking, exploring and being on the beach.
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A good hair day is when my curls are popping. Sometimes my curls and waves, they like to go a little wild sometimes. They have a mind of their own. But some days, they just fall right into place.
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For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.
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Actually, I was born Adam Zachary Orth. Zak is short for my middle name. I was never called Adam.
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I don't date my girlfriend because she's a model. I date her because I love her.
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I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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I am from the country, and I grew up mostly influenced by country music.
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I can scarcely stand to have a manicure. I have to have them because you don't want to look like a disgusting human being - it's self-care and it has to happen, but I get very restless.
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I'm an emotional person. I may not seem that way, but I'm an emotional person.
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I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.
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A man without a heroic bent starts dying at the age of thirty.
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If you take your kid in for the sniffles, you pay $20, but the full cost is $200. And so we need to get back to the price system where you see the full cost of health care, and then people will make smarter decisions. That will reduce health care costs, and it's a huge part of our economy.
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I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets.
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We have to be careful not to have a form of militant secularism in our country, which is counter-productive for children we would like to see - adhere - to secularism.
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Request Magazine: And now we're back to suicide. Some months have passed now since Kurt Cobain killed himself. Judging from his suicide note, it seems as if he thought there was something that was being demanded of him by the music industry or fans or someone, that he either couldn't or didn't want to deliver.
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People who are obsessed with Jesus do not consider service a burden. Obsessed people take joy in loving God by loving His people.
