Rachel Grace Held (Rachel Held Evans) Quotes
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There was this old soccer game called 'Goal' for the old Nintendo, and ever since then, I've played everything from the old school games to the 360.
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Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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You wouldn't recognize me from one project to the next.
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I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more important for me to get to work with filmmakers that I've grown up loving and admiring.
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My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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Many novice writers try to avoid using 'said' by substituting synonyms: 'he uttered,' 'she murmured,' 'he questioned.' It's true that any word repeated too often becomes monotonous, but substitutions for 'said' can be worse than its repetition.
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Everyone has a breakup in their lives, and I think everyone should experience love.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven.
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The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.
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For most people reform meant relief from ecclesiastical extortions.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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In England, we have this saying about Marmite: people either love it or hate it. That's like a lot of the movie work I've done. People either find it repulsive or find it really interesting and get engaged in it.
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A book is a human fact; a great book like Seraphita gathers together numerous psychological elements. These elements become coherent through a sort of psychological beauty. It does the reader a service.
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I am who I am, and I think I have a good nature, by and large. But if someone takes advantage of that good nature, well then, you know, I'm not that nice a guy.
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What a comfort to know that God is a poet.
