L. Whitney Clayton Quotes

It's a time for us to take counsel from God rather than give him counsel about all the things we think he ought to be doing.

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• Islam is unusual in that it's the only one of the great world religions which was born inside recorded history. That there's an enormous amount of factual historical record about the life of a prophet and about social conditions in Arabia at that time. So it's possible to look at the origin of Islam in a scholarly way.

  

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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 is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

  

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• I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start.

  

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• I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well.

  

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• I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I was an intellectual and I felt that I could make a contribution to some field, as yet, not invented.

  

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• Risk is the sort of word that is easy to discuss upfront but tough to handle when it comes time to pay the piper. There will always be some who wimp out and second-guess when the pain hits, but that is a childish reaction.

  

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• Julia Child wasn't afraid to have fun. She made fantastic food but knew how to have a good time and not be too stuck up about the kitchen space.

  

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• Perhaps at some time in the future, when you ask a friend to come up and look at your etchings, you will plug in your collection of video art.

  

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• I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'

  

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• A show hosted by a black had never been accepted, so the first time that knob's turned on, people are judging against all they have ever been taught. I may have been the first black in the house.

  

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• I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.

  

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• I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.

  

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• This also is a part of the teaching of the Church, that there are certain angels of God, and certain good influences, which are His servants in accomplishing the salvation of men.

  

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• God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.

  

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• I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.

  

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• In the '80s and '90s, China went through a giant change. It needed all resources. At the time, I was in the recycled paper business, and I realized the China market was a blank slate.

  

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• The Qur'an is God's property, not mine.

  

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• On 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say that at the time of 'Fair Warning,' I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people's minds I'm just a gunslinger.

  

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• To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.

  

  Heraclitus
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• God, on the other side of my table, composes His book whose smoke envelops me: for the flame of my candle is His pen.

  

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• I used to watch 'Charmed' and 'The Secret World of Alex Mack' - she was the best.

  

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• I'm a very loyal and very private person when it comes to my personal life. But I obviously do have Twitter and Instagram, and I will share some of the things I'm doing.

  

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• It's a time for us to take counsel from God rather than give him counsel about all the things we think he ought to be doing.

  

  L. Whitney Clayton
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