Erwin McManus Quotes
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I'm not a psychiatrist.
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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You can't play a guy who's just a snake, because what do you draw on?
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I think to be Miss U.S.A., first of all, you need to represent everybody, all of us here.
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I don't have much choice these days in how I have my hair.
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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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I've met so many who have opened doors for me and remained in my life both personally and professionally. After a while, networking doesn't feel like 'networking.' It's both serendipitous and unpredictable, and something that just naturally becomes part of your work life and your personal life.
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The trouble with conservatives is that too many of them come to Washington thinking they are going to drain the swamp, only to discover that Washington is a hot tub.
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I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against.
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We shot 'Party Girl' on film, and I remember being told, 'We need to get this in two takes because we don't have a lot of film in the mag right now!'
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There's nothing good about divorce.
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I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like you're so mature or whatever – I don't try to act mature. Some people might say I'm mature for my age, but it's not something I'm trying to do, you know? I'm just me.
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Against what should fire be opened? Against the obstacles which may delay the march of infantry. The first obstacle is the enemy gun. It will be the first objective assigned to artillery masses.
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Then I remembered the first lesson God had set me: 'Learn what dwells in man.' And I understood that in man dwells Love! I was glad that God had already begun to show me what He had promised, and I smiled for the first time.
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Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.
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Fear is the result of a lack of confidence. A lack of confidence is the result of not knowing what you can do. A lack of knowing what you can do is caused by a lack of experience. A lack of experience is caused by a lack of doing something new.
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You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.
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You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I am going to talk about jobs, spending, and education.
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Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. - Stephen Leacock of Christmas trees around the house, so it smells good.
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The shape of your character is the shape of your future.
