Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
There are some things you can't learn from others. You have to pass through the fire.
Quotes to Explore
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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I'm not on fire for the Lord, so I tried to make myself generate this fire for the Lord.
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I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.
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When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.
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The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.
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On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.
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One of the reasons we all still read Jane Austen is because her books are about universal things which still matter today - love, money, family. They haven't gone out of fashion, so it's not throwing the baby out with the bathwater to rework her in a contemporary style.
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It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
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I've got a lot of other things I want to do.
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I did my military service from 1989 - 92 and I was never shot at or had to fire on anybody. I was very lucky. I was more involved in intelligence and counter-intelligence.
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Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn.
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Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
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L.A. is a very strange place. On the surface, it has an innocent appearance, like the stranger with the pleasant face that smiles and shakes your hand. But then you learn it is actually a lot less nice than you think, and there's a whole deeper, darker level.
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I just write mechanical things.
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Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience.
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Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick.
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Good investors must learn to contextualize the daily background noise.
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Simply, there are many things I would like to do.
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Hungry people are always looking for more. More things to do. More to learn. More responsibility to take on.
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I think that a person cannot be criminally or otherwise prosecuted, his or her rights cannot be infringed upon the grounds of nationality, ethnicity or sexual orientation in the modern world. It is absolutely unacceptable. And it is not the case in Russia.
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I was raised Catholic and didn't like the dogma and exclusivity of that teaching but I was moved by the moral teachings and by the power of the Jesus fellow.
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How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They said that they couldn't do it; it would destroy them. I said they had to do it. And I finally got support from Hoffman on it.
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Something that's of common interest to every man, woman and child on the planet must surely be the notion of 'Peace'. Without 'Peace' we cannot survive. Valentine's Day is on the 14 February. Christmas Day is on the 25 December. Peace Day has been established by the United Nations on the 21 September, and the whole world is invited to participate.
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There are some things you can't learn from others. You have to pass through the fire.
