Francis Chan Quotes
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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As an actor, we're unemployed a lot, so I'm familiar with the stress of trying to get a gig, and sometimes you take shows that you don't really want to do to keep the money coming in.
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It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.
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People say, 'Are you going to be beating up one side or the other side?' It's everybody. It's the entire education establishment that is in power.
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My advice to a new husband is nothing more than 'husbands, love your wives.' And 'love your wife as Christ has loved the church.' Never forget that you are Christ's representative in serving your wife.
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I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.
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The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything that's happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.
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Of course, Minneapolis, we think, 'Oh well, it's cold there, lethally cold.' But the reality is you adapt to weather... Humans are consummately adaptable creatures.
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Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.
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We in no way are naive to think that just because Russia and the United States agree to reduce their arsenals, that everyone else will fall in line.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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If I wasn't a writer, I would probably be a watchmaker. I like putting puzzles together, and that is what a watch is, figuring out how all the gears and everything else works together. I'm patient and good at focusing on a single task.
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I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women.
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In a lot of movies, you'll see people on crazy dates, and you're like, 'No one would ever do that!'
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I sing a lot, so if I have lipstick, it gets all over the microphone, so I rarely wear lipstick.
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In school I was always the funny-looking, tall, skinny kid that got made fun of because of my weird teeth.
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If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in person.
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The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman.
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Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
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By mid-morning, I take a break from my novel and work on my Sunday Style column, which is about pop culture and what I find on the web. I usually start writing it at the beginning of the week and give it a couple of days to marinate before I return to it.
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The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence.
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I think a writer's first job is to entertain, even in novels: to tell a compelling story that pulls the reader along toward an end. At the same time, the best stories are character-driven.
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Do you want to see God more than you desire security?
