Francis Chan Quotes
Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'
Quotes to Explore
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When we manage a restaurant, we start making money from the first day. When we own a place, it's often five years before we earn the first penny that is clean of debt.
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The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!'
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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I used to work at NASA in Virginia. It was nothing glamorous; I was just tasked with making code compile for obscure projects, and I wasn't very good at it. Now I spend most of my time drawing pictures and looking at funny things on the Internet, which in retrospect is largely what I did at my old job, too.
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I grew up outside of Boston in a town called Manchester by the Sea, and we spent our summers in Nantucket.
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How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?
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'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.
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Nobody's gonna care about your stuff the way you do.
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I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
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I was never really a comic-book fanatic.
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I heard it in 2008 and hear it again now - this notion that the only reason one would support Hillary Clinton is because she is a woman - or only because she is experienced and smart. She is all of those things. But I am with her because... Hillary Clinton inspires me.
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When you take other people's opinions, you end up flailing and you have no center.
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No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.
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Principal Skinner's kitchen catches on fire in the middle of dinner with Superintendant Chalmers
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I've been involved with blood donation since the 1980s because there is a critical need.
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Sometimes it's bad to do something you've never done before.
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I learned there's an amazing unexplored territory in terms of narrative. Before, I thought the unexplored territory was the form, the way you shoot a movie. Now, I'm learning about the beautiful marriage between form and narrative.
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If you want to stay in the business then you've got to be a bit shrewd, haven't you?
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I know intimately the struggle of trying to live your life and be yourself while feeling the pressure of an entire community on your shoulders.
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I need to find a church on Sunday. I need to say 'please' and 'thank you,' 'yes sir' and 'no ma'am.' Do the little things because that's part of being an adult.
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After a show over the summer, a girl came up to me who was a pastor at her church, which was not accepting of same-sex relationships. She said that 'Same Love' allowed her to come out regardless of the consequences.
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It is important to be still and listen and follow the Spirit.
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Remember the first rule of gunfighting... 'have a gun.'
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Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'
