R. A. Torrey Quotes
The failure to return thanks for definite blessings received is a manifestation of ingratitude that grieves Jesus Christ.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
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Everywhere in the universe, the periodic table has the same basic structure. Even if an alien civilization's table weren't plotted out in the castle-with-turrets shape we humans favor, their spiral or pyramidal or whatever-shaped periodic table would naturally pause after 118 elements.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Home, to me, is where I am and where I feel most comfortable. Obviously, Malaysia is home. In L.A., my home is my apartment because that's my Malaysia.
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I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
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I completely scorn the falsifying, the sanctimonious, the cheap and the shoddy.
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I never lie to my fans.
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It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous.
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Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.
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I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.
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A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.
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I've thought that 'Soulmate' in the 'Night World' series would make a really nice TV-movie or just a movie.
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With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.
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Stop bragging about your lack of sweat and effort in achieving your goals. Start bragging about how hard you work, how patient you've become.
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Attention spans get very weak at the speed of light, and that goes along with a very weak identity.
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We are only human, a condition of perpetual uncertainty and failure.
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Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement.
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On network TV, I'm still Phoebe to people, and it would be hard to convince them otherwise in the bright lights of a sitcom.
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The failure to return thanks for definite blessings received is a manifestation of ingratitude that grieves Jesus Christ.
