Ole Hallesby Quotes
To pray is nothing more involved than to open the door, giving Jesus access to our needs and permitting Him to exercise His own power in dealing with them.
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When I decided that I might want to do acting for a living - I don't know where it really came from, since there was no school play or any of that - my mom gave me her blessing. I had to get a scholarship - that was the only way I could have gone to drama school.
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I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
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As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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I am not suggesting that just by taking the Metro, I will save billions. But I hope others will follow.
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My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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My responsibility as a poet, as an artist, is to not look away.
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Clinically, angina pectoris was known to be precipitated by anxiety and emotion just as well as by exercise.
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I am a great believer in having the power to end your life and knowing that, in extremis, you can. But I would not want to involve anybody else in my actions if it could imperil them.
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There are two names that jump right out to me they are Mariska Hargitay and Katie Holmes. Both of these women are incredibly talented, and also wonderful moms, they would be down on their knees right after a take to play with their kids. They’re beautiful women inside and out, and that’s what inspires me!
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No suffering is self-caused.Nothing causes itself. If another is not self-made, How could suffering be caused by another? If suffering were caused by each, Suffering could be caused by both. Not caused by self or by other, How could suffering be uncaused?
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To pray is nothing more involved than to open the door, giving Jesus access to our needs and permitting Him to exercise His own power in dealing with them.
