Nancy Pearcey Quotes
Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies.
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Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves.
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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
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It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it?
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Unless a Western's made money - doesn't matter who made the money, doesn't matter what the subject is - if the last one didn't make any money, you can't make another one for a four-year period. Westerns more than any genre.
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When you work in such a surreal environment as movies, just listening to some tunes or hanging out with friends is what you crave. Even time alone.
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You have two alternatives. One: you can put your life on hold and wait for the phone to ring. Two: you run ahead as if your life depended on it.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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I've had money thrown onstage, dollars, couple of five-dollar bills. I took the money, but it wasn't much.
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Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.
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Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.
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I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.
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I want to be part of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, but I don't want to be part of the kind of Hall of Fame that's based on voters' beliefs and assumptions.
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Our institutional framework needs to be bolstered further. We have to implement laws like the proposed Bankruptcy Code and GST (Goods and Services Tax), which will create efficiencies and strongly support the business environment.
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An empowering perspective gives birth to an empowered life.
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I definitely prefer working in comedy over drama, but at the same time, when it comes to comedy, I tend to prefer comedies that have a great sense of truth to them and that come from an honest place.
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When I watch a movie, I don't want to see the extra bits.
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Between lips and lips there are cities of great ash and moist summit, drops of when and how, vague comings and goings: between lips and lips as along a shore of sand and glass the wind passes.
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Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies.
