William Barclay Quotes
Christian freedom does not mean being free to do as we like; it means being free to do as we ought.
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I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admire is probably a childless life, possibly a marriageless life, certainly a travelling life - I'm in awe of how much D.H. Lawrence managed to get around. But that's never been something I'm capable of doing.
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In my life, I wanted to feel tall. I wanted to be somebody. I wanted to be tall as the Sears Tower. I wanted to be on top of the Sears Tower. I wanted to be as strong as the Sears Tower feels.
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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.
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I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.
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There was a windstorm in L.A., and the morning after there was no smog, and I could see the mountains. And I was like... 'There's mountains? Snowcap mountains?' That's insane; I've been there for thirteen years, and I've never seen that view before, seeing the mountains in the distance.
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I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store.
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I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.
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I love all music. Right now I am loving Josh Grobin and Kelly Clarkson.
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We midwives and physicians have a lot to teach each other.
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Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and I were the first female headliners, where we would book our own opening acts. Before that, it was a standing joke that it was more like we had 'pretty little girl singers' opening for a male headliner.
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When I walk outside, people have something to say about it.
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I am very proud of Jim Leiken. He has worked with me for six years and has been patient enough to learn the ropes. He's now matured into a true chef and is working on building his team.
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People come up to me and tell me how I changed their life and I've inspired them. And they tell me their stories, and that keeps me going.
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The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.
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Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.
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It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
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If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
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I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz.
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A free market was never meant to be a free licence to take whatever you can get, however you can get it.
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I just try to make as much money as possible. However I can do it. With as much integrity as I can have.
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No local church can afford to go without the encouragement and nourishment that will come to it by sending away its best people.
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Symbols are the language of something invisible spoken in the visible world.
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I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.
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Christian freedom does not mean being free to do as we like; it means being free to do as we ought.
