Francis Chan Quotes
People accuse me of going overboard preparing for my first ten million years in eternity; in my opinion, people go overboard in worrying about their last ten on earth.
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If the future, as imagined in literature, is really the present taken to extremes, then the past is also the present, but boiled down.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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In this digital age, there is no place to hide behind public relations people. This digital age requires leaders to be visible and authentic and to be able to communicate the decisions they've made and why they've made them, to be able to acknowledge when they've made a mistake and to move forward, to engage in the debate.
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To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
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I think it's always funny when somebody thinks you're going to do something super sexy and then you don't.
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When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.
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I still get so much fan mail addressed to Carol Brady, and I think a lot of it's through the Net. And I always answer it, if it's legible.
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Writing obscures language ; it is not a guise for language but a disguise.
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Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect.
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'You like music, Mr. Gurgeh?' Hamin asked, leaning over to the man. Gurgeh nodded. 'Well, a little does no harm.'
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Though Jesus Christ in Bethlehem A thousand times his Mother bore, Is he not born again in thee Then art thou lost for evermore.
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How was I supposed to know?She was slowly letting go?If I was puttin her through her hell,Hell I couldn't tell.She could've given me a sign,Could've opened up my eyes.How was I supposed to see?She never cried in front of me.
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Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but they're no artist. If it's in your blood, it can't stop flowing.
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The joy I get from work is just huge.
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I write with teenagers in mind.
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My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.
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The worst thing as an actor is when you're not getting opportunities to try and show what you can do; the best thing is when you get material that really lets you express something and that you're excited about.
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Hollywood is like living in a weird bubble. A bunch of people take care of you and get you stuff, and you're the center of that little microcosmic world. You start believing that it is real and... you deserve it.
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I sometimes think they should have said 'Black Lives Matter Too,' because that is really what is being said. The outcry is that historically and presently, the feeling is that black lives don't matter as much as white lives because we don't see the same type of things happening to them.
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An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize each other very genuinely and never offensively. And we would avoid all tricks, angle shots were just horrible to us.
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I don't know about a lot of things. I read a lot, but a lot of it just passes through me. I don't retain much. I am kind of dumb that way. Or maybe 'I am a simple man,' is a better way to say it.
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People accuse me of going overboard preparing for my first ten million years in eternity; in my opinion, people go overboard in worrying about their last ten on earth.
