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 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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Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
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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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I don't watch a lot of T.V. I only watch things via Netflix, so I only watch the things that I'm choosing to watch.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.
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I have a lot of passion for a lot of different things.
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It took me 10 years to realize that I don't know 'em, 10 years to realize that it's possible to learn them, then another 10 years to learn how to do things.
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There is such a thing as having too much of a good thing.
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I only realised why I keep living in Shepperton when I returned to China. All the people who moved there had come from places just like Shepperton, and so they built and lived in houses exactly like these. I now know I was drawn here because, on an unconscious level, Shepperton reminds me of Shanghai.
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I'm a pacifist.
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I like to take pictures of lots of things: people-such as my nephews, my dogs, and just interesting objects that I see. For instance, I might take a picture of flowers by the side of the road, an old sign or a fence.
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If you can look in your mother's eyes and she's proud of you, then you're a champion.
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There are some things you can't learn from others. You have to pass through the fire.
