Alvin Plantinga Quotes
The Christian philosopher has a perfect right to the point of view and prephilosophical assumptions he brings to philosophic work; the fact that these are not widely shared outside the Christian or theistic community is interesting but fundamentally irrelevant.
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A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don't tell me you do. You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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I run a solid 4-6 miles at a time, and over the last year two years I've gotten really into SoulCycle. It's sort of an evolved form of spinning.
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Playing tough characters just comes easy for me. It's not who I am in real life, so I love going to work and pretending to be something I'm not. I love all the action and confidence. But when I finally go do a rom-com, I hope my fans will support me.
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I'm just totally into being strong. There's something about wanting to get a jar or whatever out of a high cupboard, or moving a sofa over because my dog's bone rolled under it, and not having to call anyone for help. There's comfort in that.
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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
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'Prom' is a movie that follows a bunch of high-schoolers' lives leading up to the prom, the climax of the movie. It focuses all their struggles and the social pressures that prom creates on their lives.
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Take advantage of the years of pioneering efforts. You might find this boring, as the young want to rush head on, as it were.
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Contrary to many of the rumors and innuendo in circulation, I wholeheartedly believe that Obama views Israel's security as absolute.
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I wish people could have seen what they called our mansion. They would have been so disappointed, because it was just an old house that we fixed up, and I love the old house.
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Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
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I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it.
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If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.
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The hand of God creates; it does not conceal.
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Beware of harking back to what you once were when God wants you to be something you have never been.
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The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin.
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Today something interesting happened. I died.
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People might not view me as competitive as I really am.
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This sense of wonder is the mark of the philosopher. Philosophy indeed has no other origin.
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Socrates ... is the first philosopher of life [Lebensphilosoph], ... Thinking serves life, while among all previous philosophers life had served thought and knowledge. ... Thus Socratic philosophy is absolutely practical: it is hostile to all knowledge unconnected to ethical implications.
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The Labour party is a lost cause for anybody who is moderate and sensible and believes in that left-of-centre view of life.
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The Christian philosopher has a perfect right to the point of view and prephilosophical assumptions he brings to philosophic work; the fact that these are not widely shared outside the Christian or theistic community is interesting but fundamentally irrelevant.
