William Gurnall Quotes

When people do not mind what God speaks to them in His word, God doth as little mind what they say to Him in prayer.

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• I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.

  

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• No matter how you cut them, paste them, rotate them, or distort them, lip syncing and air-guitar playing are fundamentally foolish activities, and anyone seen to be engaging in them with anything approaching a straight face is, by definition, taking herself or himself much too seriously.

  

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• I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good.

  

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• I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.

  

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• You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.

  

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• I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.

  

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• The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.

  

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• Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.

  

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• Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.

  

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• I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.

  

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• There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.

  

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• Being a celebrity is a business.

  

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• I was always looking to record, but how much I actually pursued it was another thing. The major labels weren't that interested in me, and the smaller labels didn't have any money to do anything.

  

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• And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.

  

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• Only one that's lasted 34 years, six months and five days. A lot of comedians are really angry people, and they deal with rage through being acerbic, subversive, in a funny way. It's just a way to sublimate what could be a lot uglier.

  

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• I see Hermes, unsuspected, dying, well-beloved, saying to the people, 'Do not weep for me,This is not my true country, I have lived banished from my true country-I now go back there,I return to the celestial sphere where every one goes in his turn.'

  

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• The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism is balanced and based on fact - based indeed on solid journalistic work.

  

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• Weight loss can change your whole character. That always amazed me: Shedding pounds does change your personality. It changes your philosophy of life because you recognize that you are capable of using your mind to change your body.

  

  Jean Nidetch
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• When people do not mind what God speaks to them in His word, God doth as little mind what they say to Him in prayer.

  

  William Gurnall
  • People
  • Mind
  • Prayer