William Barclay Quotes
The Christian is called upon to be the partner of God in the work of the conversion of men.
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So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.
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It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.
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I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
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By the time I approached my forties, I had the self-assurance to approach all the genres I love so deeply: R & B, rock, jazz, and pop.
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I really sort of kept to myself. I kind of just watched the world. And I think to keep people from messing with me, yeah, you know, I went out to run track. I went out for the football team. Not because I love track or love football.
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I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to do the typical sitcom-type humor. I'd want to do stuff like go bowling with pineapples.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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Roma come before everything else.
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Truth never pleads or compromises or wavers. It invites and awaits your acceptance.
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Historically, I think you can really judge a person by their shoes.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.
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I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
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I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.
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Literature - Eastern and Western - abounds with stories, myths, legends about the search for youth, for eternal life.
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But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship.
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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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If we parents accept that problems are an essential part of life's challenges, rather than reacting to every problem as if something has gone wrong with the universe that's supposed to be perfect, we can demonstrate serenity and confidence in problem solving for our kids.By telling them that we know they have a problem and we know they can solve it, we can pass on a realistic attitude as well as empower our children with self-confidence and a sense of their own worth.
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A lot of the people who live the lives of 'Crazy Rich Asians' don't see the humour of their lives simply because this is just who they are. Even though I'm from that part of the world, I'm no longer part of that world.
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Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard.
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Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.
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It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization.
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The Christian is called upon to be the partner of God in the work of the conversion of men.
