Albert Benjamin Simpson Quotes
God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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I wasn't rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn't a relationship of respect and communication, they were usually the opposite; kids go to the other extreme.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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I went to a Steiner School, which is very small and nurturing and creative, so I felt like I was in an environment where I could mature. There was less of the clique-y stuff, which can really make high school a living hell for a lot of people, going on, so I was very similar then to who I am now. I'm still a dork.
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I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.
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I love proving people wrong.
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It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.
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What 'Floating Worlds' does draw on is Holland's artistry in bringing the past to life in her historical fiction and depicting the people who inhabited that past.
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I pick up on other people's discomfort.
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I have enjoyed every call. The ones involving direct contact with people have been most rewarding.
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I motivate what I see in young people because we employ about forty thousand young people in our various Chick-fil-A units. Some of them come to work because they need to work; others just work because they just like to work. There's nothing wrong with that.
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Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible.
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I've always been a big advocate of making shows affordable because a lot of these bottle-service clubs and events are geared toward really expensive experiences. Club music is for everyone, and it drives me crazy that people are getting priced out.
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Marriage is socialism among two people.
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Software tends not to kill people, and so we accept incredibly fast innovation loops because the consequences are tolerable and the results are astonishing.
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A lot of people are living in a dream world - they want to deny that aging occurs or believe it doesn't have to occur. They'll hold on to this belief until the moment they die. The reality will eventually hit them.
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I feel like everybody, whether you have one follower or a million followers, has an opportunity to either positively or negatively affect people.
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I took charge of the government as per my commitment to serving the country and the people, and not out of any greed for yet another post.
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Disasters teach us humility.
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I just did one movie and there was no career for me, anyway.
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I love just helping people; that's what I'm good at.
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God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.
