Francine Rivers Quotes
We bear the consequences for what we have done to ourselves, and for the sin that rules this world. Jesus forgave the thief, but he didn't take him down off the cross.
Quotes to Explore
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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The science shows that the best way to use money is to take the issue of money off the people. Pay people enough so that money isn't an issue, and they can focus on doing great work.
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There are things that bother me. I try not to let them, but they do.
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I think subsuming political and economic conflicts into some grand 'clash of civilisations' theory or 'the West versus the rest' binary is a particularly insidious form of ideological deception.
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You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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I can express all my views on the slavery question by quotations from Henry Clay.
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My mother's proud of where she's from, and her history, and her past, and same with my dad. I have roots in Africa. Like, I am from Africa as well as from Germany, and I am very proud of that.
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I was a James Brown junkie as a kid.
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As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.
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I have a Pomeranian dog named Nutmeg - a combination of the soccer move and the colour. It's perfect.
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I'll only move in with my husband. There's no question of a live-in relationship.
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We're a nation of liars. But I mean that in the kindest sense.
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I love what I do and I think it shows. As my kids get older, they can see me as a mom who loves working.
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Creating a set list is like making a running order for an album. Certain things get pitted against one another that make more sense. One song sets another one off, or it might diminish it. You're just constantly looking for the next thing that's gonna make sense in a particular place.
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I've never owned a cell phone and don't plan on ever having one. If anyone needs to talk to me, they know where I live.
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I was never part of the crowd.
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As a lot of the venture capital world seems to be shifting away from consumer, we want to make sure that consumer entrepreneurs know there's still money available.
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Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help.
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Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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We bear the consequences for what we have done to ourselves, and for the sin that rules this world. Jesus forgave the thief, but he didn't take him down off the cross.
