William Barclay Quotes
It is fatally easy to think of Christianity as something to be discussed and not as something to be experienced.
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Some women think that if the look this season is minis, they have to wear minis. If you don't have great legs, there are plenty of alternatives.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.
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Our economy creates and loses jobs every quarter in the millions. But of the net new jobs, the jobs come from small businesses: both small businesses on Main Street and many of the net new jobs come from high growth, high impact businesses that are located all across the country.
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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too.
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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The bad boy: always more fun.
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Well I think that, if you want to look at polarizing people right now, I wouldn't look at Palin, I'd look at Barack Obama.
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Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.
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I'm 100 percent sure I'm becoming a really good helicopter pilot.
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The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand, what you have to say and how you say it is the ultimate determination.
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It's not 2038 that Social Security is bankrupt. It's now.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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I think commercial success is really important. It means there are more people listening, and you're affecting the zeitgeist more. If only a hundred people know you exist, it's harder to get your message across.
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I'll sing over some chords, searching, what does the music conjure up, where's the melody taking you? I deliberate over the lyrics, I really do. I'll come up with one line in a day, and then it might be a couple of days before I come up with the rhyming line. It's never been easy for me.
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I think that what trips up a lot of great musicians is that they become involved with too many things that aren't where their strengths lie.
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By one Spirit we are all baptised into one body.
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It is fatally easy to think of Christianity as something to be discussed and not as something to be experienced.
