Vance Havner Quotes
In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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We just here to do our job.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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Urban America is like a foreign country in a sense.
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If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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The best song is what resonates with that one person the most. It's why, if you ask a million people on the face of the Earth, they're all gonna have different favorite songs, their own best song ever, because that's the one that touched them the most.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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Whether naïve on my part or not, it seemed worth taking the time to try to convince others that their lives possessed beauty and meaning worth preserving and honoring.
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There were some who wanted all the benefits of E.U. membership without any of the costs. I'm not sure that's very realistic.
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Scott Fitzgerald said famously that "he who invented consciousness would have a lot to be blamed for." But he also forgot that without consciousness, he would have no access to true happiness or even the possibility of transcendence.
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I'm interested in what bonds people together. You know, what brings us together in good ways? And there's not a lot known about that.
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Musical theater is great; you get painted up, you get to play princesses and witches, and you sing. The joy alone of that can really carry a lot.
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In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons.
