William Gurnall Quotes
Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but also to prevent sin.
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'Straight Outta Compton' is my first biopic, my first period piece, and I got a chance to kind of get out there like some of my idols, you know, like Scorsese, Spielberg, Spike Lee, the guys who came before me. You know, I'm feeling good about it.
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I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.
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I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don't have a dad.
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Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.
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Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations.
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One thing is certain: our families are important. Don't get so stressed out and so preoccupied that we neglect one of the greatest things that God has given us, and that's our families.
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My cousin in Louisiana started a small company with a little savings, renovating houses. A single mom, she saved enough to buy a home and provide child care for her son. When the economy went belly up, so did her company. She was forced to sell her home and move in with her parents.
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I'm very humble.
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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.
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I knew from an early age exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician and that was it. It made life a lot easier knowing what I was aiming for.
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'Lambe them, lads! lambe them!' a cant phrase of the time derived from the fate of Dr. Lambe, an astrologer and quack, who was knocked on the head by the rabble in Charles the First's time.
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A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging.
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What a conception of art must those theorists have who exclude portraits from the proper province of the fine arts! It is exactly as if we denied that to be poetry in which the poet celebrates the woman he really loves. Portraiture is the basis and the touchstone of historic painting.
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The principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement.
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And some win peace who spend The skill of words to sweeten despair Of finding consolation where Life has but one dark end.
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Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but also to prevent sin.
