Vance Havner Quotes
There never has been a culture since this world began in which a New Testament Christian could feel at home.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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I want Bolivians to support their president.
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God has just given me such an amazing journey and able to play; it's been so much fun. I'm having a blast!
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People think of teachers who are born to teach, and you think of all these charismatic folks. Some of the most successful teachers are some of the least charismatic, interestingly. But they have a gift of figuring out what motivates people.
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I ain't going to sit here like, 'My neighborhood was hard, and I had to get out there and grind.' We made it hard for ourselves. We chose to stay on the streets.
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Once computers can program, they basically take over technological progress because already, today, the majority of technological progress is run by software, by programming.
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I have always felt that the first duty of a writer was to ascend - to make flights, carrying others along if you can manage it. To do this takes courage, even a certain conceit.
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Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.
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We are living in a different world now. You can see it everywhere in international relations: It was noteworthy that, after his visit to Washington, the Chinese president's next stop was Saudi Arabia.
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There never has been a culture since this world began in which a New Testament Christian could feel at home.
