R. A. Torrey Quotes
It is of the highest importance from the standpoint of experience that we know the Holy Spirit as a person.
Quotes to Explore
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Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable to my peers to a certain extent.
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I've never really had a TV career. I've been a soldier and a climber.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate who has actually managed billions of dollars and knows how to cut billions of dollars.
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You can't live someone else's expectations in life. It's a recipe for disaster.
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When I was in college, I was a semiotics major, which is this hopelessly pretentious body of French literary theory.
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It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.
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My wife watches me like a hawk.
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I cook everything from Italian to Cajun food. I have now mastered the roux for gumbo. I love cooking.
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I'm on Tumblr all the time.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
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I've always danced. I've always been around it.
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I think human nature is eternal and constant.
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Homesickness for the gutter.
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I always leave a box of unsalted almonds in my house. A handful of those are a good snack that should keep you satisfied.
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Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.
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I was a political reporter for quite some time, so I followed around all sorts of different politicians.
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Finishing books - and leaving the world you've created - is always a kind of emotionally wrenching experience. I usually cry.
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It is of the highest importance from the standpoint of experience that we know the Holy Spirit as a person.
