R. Kent Hughes Quotes
The key to ongoing effectiveness [in evangelism] is a perpetual freshness in your growing knowledge of Him.

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Sometimes when I'm going to the supermarket to get the coffee and cat litter, I get freaked out and see all these people staring, and you turn around and there's, like, 40 people all looking at you... and when you go around the corner, they're all following you! You start freaking out like a trapped animal.
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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If you want to grow a beard like mine, the only thing I can tell you is that you have to have patience. You just have to let it grow.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.
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The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!
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There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening.
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I think that the future of currency is digital, and Bitcoin has a good shot at being the currency of the future.
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
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Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.
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There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.
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When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.
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It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.
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I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.
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The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce.
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Washington politicians think that government can make better decisions than you and me. But we know better. We know it's smaller, less intrusive government that will lead to real economic prosperity. We know it's business-friendly policies, not more red tape, that will create real growth.
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I've always hated the way Hollywood has portrayed accountants. They're always little nerd balls, wimpy, afraid of everything. Growing up with accountants, I don't see them that way.
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Somebody somewhere is waiting on you to become what you were destined to be. Keep growing forward!
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Obama was the first American president to see technology as an engine to improve lives and accelerate society more quickly than any government body could.
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The key to ongoing effectiveness [in evangelism] is a perpetual freshness in your growing knowledge of Him.