Alexander C. Irvine Quotes
Modesty is good. But take your credit. You can't always count on other people to offer it.
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There's really nothing better than a hunt ball.
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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We all know and we all perceive Christian Dior in a very specific way.
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The reason I don't tweet as much as I used to, is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that I get daily. Goodbye Twitter.
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I really do not see why there is not a splendid field for good work on the music hall stage, and if I did not have my own theatre taking up my time, I should rather like to go into it.
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When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously.
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How dull it is to have people defining you.
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I'm a romantic, but I'm not a romantic in the traditional sense. I like to romanticize what happens to me. Whatever happens to me - you could quantify it as good or bad - I romanticize it. I think along the lines of 'When that thing happened, it made me who I am.' That kind of thing. It's a different way of being romantic.
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Say yes to everything.
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You are never really prepared for criticism.
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I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.
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A healthy economy is largely a result of a reasonable balance between consumption today and consumption deferred, and it's pretty clear that balance has been ridiculously out of whack for a while.
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The women of the country have the power in their own hands, in spite of the law and the government being altogether of the male order.
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If you have a group of people come together around a vision for real discipleship, people who are committed to grow, committed to change, committed to learn, then a spiritual assessment tool can work.
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I eat, sleep, and drink my character. It is my fantasy to go to another planet.
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You simply cannot continue a nation as America without that Christian base of liberty.
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No, I didn't quite know to what extent the football might be, but it was quite a bonus for me to try to learn new skills and to keep fit at the same time.
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I'm not trying to change an image, I'm just trying to make sure that the facts match the image. The facts are basically that I'm a builder. I have not dissembled any company nor split up any companies, nor do I ever buy any companies with that intent.
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In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us - that we be men and women of prayer, people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough. That is the root of peace. We have that peace when the gracious God is all we seek. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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Who cares who gets the last shot or scores the most points? Who cares who gets the credit? If we win, we're all winners.
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With 'California,' editors were reading it, and fast, and others were emailing my agent to request it. Ultimately, there were a few editors interested in the book, and it sold at auction about two weeks after the submission process started. I couldn't believe it!
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Modesty is good. But take your credit. You can't always count on other people to offer it.
