Francis Chan Quotes
Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
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If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am! My size is a huge part of me.
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There should be a minimum on the air pressure but not a maximum. Every game, they're taking air out of the footballs I'm throwing, and I think that's a disadvantage for the way that I like them prepped.
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A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.
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I believe strongly in the rights of women... my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, my wife is a woman.
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I had a ball doing Harry Potter.
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The book is the only medium left that hasn’t been corrupted by the profane.
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I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences...
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Camel caravans bear witness guns to Caesar. Hordes crawl and seep inside the walls. The streets flow stone. Life goes on absorbing war. Violence kills the temple of no sex.
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Granted, I'm more interested in technology than most people, and less interested in politics than most. But I don't like to think about categories. I really see myself as a general non-fiction writer.
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The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices.
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Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes.
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I don't like to get too complacent. I like to give myself five panic attacks per project.
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I lived in a studio apartment until my mid-30s. I don't have an extravagant lifestyle.
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It doesn't take a language long to disappear once the spirit to continue with it leaves its community. In fact, the speed of the decline has been one of the main findings of recent linguistic research.
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Older actors can still play young, but it's harder for young actors to be able to play that age range.
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I don't aspire at present to be king of the hill in American literature.
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One of the great things about turning 30 is figuring out how to dress comfortably and still look good.
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You have to eat right. That does not mean that I don't drink Cuban coffee. That does not mean that I do not have two cigarettes a day - that's what I'm down to. I drink wine - you know, I'm normal. But I do eat well.
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During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else.
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Casualties? What do I care about casualties?
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If people really want to go, and really try all their lives, I think they will get in; for I don’t believe there are any locks on that door, or any guards at the gate. I always imagine it is as it is in the picture, where the shining ones stretch out their hands to welcome poor Christian as he comes up from the river.
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Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
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There is no more beautiful scenery or climate for summer travel than Switzerland presents. The people are industrious and honest, simple and frugal in their habits, and would be very poor with all this, if it were not from the travel through their country. I wish their surplus population would emigrate to the United States.
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Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
