Vance Havner Quotes
We may never be martyrs but we can die to self, to sin, to the world, to our plans and ambitions. That is the significance of baptism; we died with Christ and rose to new life.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
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When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
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Pride the first peer and president of hell.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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I'm engaged to Hollywood. If there's something I find I have to do, I'll do it. Otherwise, I'll just stay home and have a vacation.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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I love things on the decline because that's really the natural progression of our lives. We're born, we're feisty for the first couple of years, and then the inevitable decline begins.
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A sentence that clots in your mouth is unlikely to flow in your mind.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.
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As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.
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My mom would always play me a lot of late-'50s, late-'60s rock.
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Monotony is poverty, whether in speech or in life.
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My response was that more than half of Israelis are of Sephardic origin. Many of these Jews come from Arab lands and share the same physical skin color.
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Sometimes they try to put you inside a box, but I look at my filmography and I've been able to do a lot.
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Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
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Under slavery, families were ripped apart, and it was a desire of black men and black women to be together with their loved ones. Family meant something. Spouses meant something.
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We may never be martyrs but we can die to self, to sin, to the world, to our plans and ambitions. That is the significance of baptism; we died with Christ and rose to new life.
