Cyrus Augustus Bartol Quotes
Paradoxical as it may seem, God means not only to make us good, but to make us also happy, by sickness, disaster and disappointment.
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God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.
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I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.
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Normally when I look at stuff, I try to look at the good things. When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those.
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Songwriter friends will be like, 'Oh my God, when are you going to put out 'Love Triangle?'' It's just been that song for me that really helped me get a lot of writing sessions and helped jump-start my writing career.
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Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.
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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist.
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Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.
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My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
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The only way you can write about a happy family in a drama is to make them unhappy.
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I always work with the tempo of the energy of the character, whether he's fast or slow, or heavy or light.
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I made it very clear, at that time, before and after, that we will not negotiate with terrorist organizations, that Hamas would have to abandon their terrorism, their advocacy to the extermination of the state of Israel, and be willing to negotiate in a way that recognizes the right of the state of Israel and abandons their terrorist position and advocacy.
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I would say that I don't look for musical things.
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Paradoxical as it may seem, God means not only to make us good, but to make us also happy, by sickness, disaster and disappointment.
