Francis Chan Quotes
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
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The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in public school and they go and they join clubs, and play sports. So I kind of had to find my own way to make friends and get attention and so I just was the class clown.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
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The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers.
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I'm not cynical.
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Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.
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All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.
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Unfortunately, in the race to the most douchebaggery, Silicon Valley is fast in gaining on Hollywood. That race is neck and neck.
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What I've learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
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I write because I feel driven to write. I write from a sense of inner necessity. I don't write for anything other than that.
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When I was a child, I had wax in my ears. Dad didn't take me to the doctor, he used me as a night light.
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I write about how I was attracted to stripping because I didn't feel comfortable with my body, for instance, but there could be plenty of not-so-good reasons why I chose to go into journalism, too. Maybe someone had a trauma in childhood and it led them to become a nurse, or a lawyer, but because people stigmatize sex work they try to find a traumatic moment in your past and say, "There!"
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There are just certain times I sense the Lord is wanting me to write, and so I write.