Erwin McManus Quotes
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I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.
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To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.
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I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.
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I started going to exhibitions in Switzerland when I was 10 or 11. As a schoolboy, I would go every afternoon to see the long, thin figures of Giacometti.
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People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.
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There appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing.
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I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being picked on comes in so many different forms.
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'Love Story' is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn't like him. All of them!
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For capitalism, war and peace are business and nothing but business.
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I like trendy clothes just like everybody else does.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments
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Jesus Christ is infinitely more than a great teacher and philosopher.
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I was attached to the SAS from time to time, but we are forbidden - former, present, or future - to discuss any specific operations.
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The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of the West between the Enlightenment and the First World War.
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We can’t change history, but we can create the future.
