Ole Hallesby Quotes
The Spirit of prayer makes us so intimate with God that we scarcely pass through an experience before we speak to Him about it, either in supplication, in sighing, in pouring out our woes before Him, in fervent requests, or in thanksgiving and adoration.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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All my books are optimistic!
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Like great teams in sports and business endeavors, if there's a chemistry among the participants, and they truly enjoy fellowship together, everybody wants to be there, stay involved, and just have fun together.
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I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.'
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Some writers are so enthralled by ideas (one thinks of Doris Lessing) that their characters become debaters, and their fables approach allegory.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.
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The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.
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'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.
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I want to state clearly that I am a humanitarian, not an activist. I do not follow any agendas - only that of humanity, not only in Saudi Arabia, but all over the world.
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Big business has no party and never shall have.
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It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war.
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Souffles don't deserve their reputation as potential disasters.
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We must show there is good in society. If you read the newspapers, you think there are only crooks in this world, but that's not true.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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Love hurts, love scars, love wounds, and mars.
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Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.
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The God of Christians is a God of love and comfort, a God who fills the soul and heart of those whom he possesses, a God who makes them conscious of their inward wretchedness, and his infinite mercy; who unites himself to their inmost soul, who fills it with humility and joy, with confidence and love, who renders them incapable of any other end than himself.
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The Spirit of prayer makes us so intimate with God that we scarcely pass through an experience before we speak to Him about it, either in supplication, in sighing, in pouring out our woes before Him, in fervent requests, or in thanksgiving and adoration.
