K. P. Yohannan Quotes
We must pay a price to touch godliness through daily decision to die to self and embrace the cross.
Quotes to Explore
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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If I had my way, I wouldn't be sharing my personal life online. I'm a private person. At home, I don't wander around shirtless, flexing my muscles. I roam around unshaven, with my hair disheveled. Unfortunately, people perceive you differently. It's okay; they're free to speculate.
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I feel comfortable whenever I step on the floor.
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My maternal grandmother - she was a compulsive reader. She had only been through five grades of elementary school, but she was a member of the municipal library, and she brought home two or three books a week for me. They could be dime novels or Balzac.
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When you watch it, you're like, Wow. I look like that. But it doesn't feel like that at all. It was about communicating with Gale Harold and getting across what I wanted to say about the character.
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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Undeniably, I'm a country singer; I'm a country songwriter. But I feel like I make country music for people who like country music and for people who don't.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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Working with Tyler Perry has been a wonderful experience. Everything he touches turns to gold, it seems like.
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You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.
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If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.
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There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.
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Truth is stranger than nonfiction. And life is too interesting to be left to journalists. People have stories, but journalists have 'takes,' and it's their takes that usually win out when the stories are too complicated or, as happens, not complicated enough.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Pessimism like calumny is easy to do, and attracts immediate attention. The gossiper and the writer may find this out soon enough, and a little encouragement from the current mood will procure them successes that bring endless imitators in their trail. On the other hand saying good things about life in general and individuals in particular and making it interesting is a serious task which few can achieve with credit.
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One of the things I most admire about America is they have created a genuine melting pot society, a country of opportunity; you can be of any religion, colour, ethnicity, persuasion and make it to the top of your chosen field. And that's something I admire about America and hope they continue with.
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Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly . . .
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We must pay a price to touch godliness through daily decision to die to self and embrace the cross.
