Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.
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I don't like people cleaning my room.
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I love making movies, but a movie becomes your entire life for, like, two to two and a half years. There's no way around it; if you're really going to be serious about a movie, it has to be your life.
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As to women, the Islamic faith has given women rights that are equal to or more than the rights given them in the Old Testament and the Bible.
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
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After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.
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Excessive speed and quantity are, like chattiness and digression, besetting sins of cyber-assisted authorship.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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Songwriter friends will be like, 'Oh my God, when are you going to put out 'Love Triangle?'' It's just been that song for me that really helped me get a lot of writing sessions and helped jump-start my writing career.
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I like music a lot.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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Without sounding too pretentious, I feel my job is almost like becoming a monk or a nun - it's a calling.
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I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.
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I try to steal from the best. Suck it all in. 'Taxi Driver' is really a bible for film actors, a master class. A lot of emotional power, a lot of emotional depth but it's contained and you just see the tip of the iceberg.
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We are like the mechanism of a watch: each part is essential.
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Yoga is the one L.A. thing I actually like.
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I'd like 'Rookie' to be a helpful resource, but I never want it to be too prescriptive. Hopefully, it also makes the reader feel encouraged to think for herself.
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I felt 'Gone with the Wind' would last five years, and it's lasted over 70 and into a new millennium. There is a special place in my heart for that film and Melanie. She was a remarkable character - a loving person - and because of that, she was a happy person. And Scarlett, of course, was not.
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I don't buy cars I can't drive.
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If you have doubt about a person's humility or smarts, don't ignore it. More often than not, there is something causing that doubt.
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The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.
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The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.
