Ole Hallesby Quotes
It is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered.
Quotes to Explore
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In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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I love working the legislative process.
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I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is my private time to spend with my boys.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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No one will understand a Japanese garden until you've walked through one, and you hear the crunch underfoot, and you smell it, and you experience it over time. Now there's no photograph or any movie that can give you that experience.
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The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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I feel lucky to be getting older. The fact that I made it to 30 and then 40 was big enough. So I can't get too down on getting older; otherwise, it kind of undoes everything I've fought for.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
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I remember doing a comedy show with Jim Carrey once, and he was out there with his foot behind his neck and rubbing his face with it.
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Every single one of us already has everything we need to be the happiest person on earth; it's simply up to us to remember that in every moment.
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Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere.
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Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.
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A great deal of thought must be given to your daughter's marriage. Otherwise, she will simply slink off like a cat on a dark night to be fertilized under a bush to God knows whom!
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Before you go to sleep, run over your personal world mentally and thank God for everyone and everything.
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It is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered.
