Josiah Strong Quotes
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The beauty of soaps is that it takes a village to make it work, and you get to work with really hardworking people.
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I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it.
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We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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When I'm telling stories of my video game days, when I was a really hardcore MMO player, I played 'EverQuest' for two years and played 'World of Warcraft' and several other games for the last ten years or so... 95% of the stories I'll tell you are 'EverQuest.'
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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People try to look for deep meanings in my work. I want to say, 'They're just cartoons, folks. You laugh or you don't.' Gee, I sound shallow. But I don't react to current events or other stimuli. I don't read or watch TV to get ideas. My work is basically sitting down at the drawing table and getting silly.
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Every Yom Kippur, Jewish tradition requires a strict spiritual inventory. You aren't supposed to just sit around feeling guilty, but to take action in the real world to set things right.
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I actually find it a lot easier to interview people I don't agree with because I'm far more curious about how they've arrived at that place.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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I'm very punctual. I wish I could change this about myself because most people around me are not.
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I know a lot of people who say they want to leave Tulsa and go off to L.A. or New York City. But I can't wait to come back to Tulsa. It's a great place to be.
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I suppose if I didn't have Loopt, I'd have to, I don't know, pick up the phone and just start calling people, a lot more texting and certainly more Googling.
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I'm really aware of the conversations that surround young actresses in Hollywood. I always get myself into a hole with these conversations, and I get weirdly quoted, and I sound militant and like I'm not thankful at all, and I'm so thankful of everything that's happening. But I'm an active observer of the machinations of this world.
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People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.
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So many people counted on me to be the party, I had to move far enough away that they wouldn't want to drive there.
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I'm not very good at picking stuff up off the radio. It takes me way too long to learn other people's music.
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Most of my characters are an amalgamation of people that I've met, my family, or myself. Being a writer, you can draw only from what you know. I am lucky to have really rich and interesting people in my family for, you know, interesting family nights and great characters.
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If the nation is rich but people are poor, the country cannot be strong, and society will be unstable.
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I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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I did a couple of movies in Brazil, and the actors were incredibly congenial and hung out together a lot. Even the biggest stars would do radio commercials - they're not put on a pedestal like they are in the United States.
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What moves me is watching young men bond together and tap into the magic that arises when they focus with their whole heart and soul on something greater than themselves. Once you've experienced that, it's something you never forget.
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When you have as many opportunities to win on the road against a quality team as we did and don't come out with it, that took its toll. Physically, but more importantly, emotionally. We have to get our confidence back.
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What if it should be God's plan to people the world with better and finer material?
