H. David Burton Quotes
All of us face challenges in our daily lives. Yet in challenges lie some of our greatest opportunities. As we recognize and act on our opportunities, progress, happiness, and spiritual growth follows. We need to be involved in moving the Lord's work forward. The opportunities available to us are endless.
Quotes to Explore
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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I am not sure that you, the younger generations, will like to go to war that we went through. So, we learn as the mistakes are being committed.
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Usually I trundle about in trainers and baggy jeans, looking about as attractive as a potato.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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I grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a little town, and went to a regular high school. I was a... very average student in that high school. Then I joined the Navy, and while I was in the Navy, I was in a motorcycle accident and woke up deaf in a hospital.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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I love dresses, and I've definitely thought about designing them someday. I just want to make sure that I wait until the time is perfect and I can do it right.
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I need my fill of Indian home cooking.
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Quiet is the new loud.
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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People think that I can just walk into a room and get a job, but of the 200 interviews and auditions I go through a year, I may get three yeses. I just have to use my sense of humour to get me through.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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Authors are influenced by everything they've ever read. If you've read widely enough, it helps you create your own mix.
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The music is really about sharing an experience. That's why we call it Stay Human. It's like we're sharing this genuine human exchange.
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My children have absolutely no interest in my fame. They're very sophisticated, and they have a spiritual perspective on material things because we go to church.
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What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.
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I am urging Americans to be more careful about the kinds of media we support with our consumer spending. We've got to invest less in the media that glorifies violence and more in entertainment that lifts up the values of love, compassion, and the best in human nature.
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All of us face challenges in our daily lives. Yet in challenges lie some of our greatest opportunities. As we recognize and act on our opportunities, progress, happiness, and spiritual growth follows. We need to be involved in moving the Lord's work forward. The opportunities available to us are endless.
