Andrew Murray Quotes
Prayer is the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.
Quotes to Explore
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Ninety-five percent of the eggs produced in America come from factory-farmed birds. Even if free-range farms were hugely more humane, the sheer number of animals raised to satisfy people's desire for eggs, meat, and milk makes it impossible for us to raise them all on small, free-range farms.
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It is time for dead languages to be quiet.
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Being listened to and being heard is an experience that doesn't happen terribly often. To listen compassionately or nonjudgmentally to another person - not to get too heavy about it - but I once heard somebody say that was a form of real prayer.
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Desire is the very essence of man.
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When you're listening to the radio, you're hearing dance beats, all the bells and whistles, and 'Say Something' makes you quiet and forces you to listen.
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I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?
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My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.
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I like the Kardashians, but I do keep them on the top of my prayer list.
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If I was going to make a broad generalisation, I'd say that I prefer the company of women. People know now that I live with Mike Figgis, but I prefer not to talk about it. On one level, privacy is important, but on another level I have no desire to deny certain things.
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I like Oklahoma. It's a quiet place. You can work, and nobody disturbs you.
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Desire is the essence of a man.
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In every living thing there is the desire for love.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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Most of the more complex emotions are common to the higher animals and ourselves. Every one has seen how jealous a dog is of his master's affection, if lavished on any other creature; and I have observed the same fact with monkeys. This shews that animals not only love, but have the desire to be loved.
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There are two kinds of artists in this world; those that work because the spirit is in them, and they cannot be silent if they would, and those that speak from a conscientious desire to make apparent to others the beauty that has awakened their own admiration.
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So whatever it is you want, need or desire or just like to have, you better try to get it now, 'cause this is the only time there is.
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America was born in outrageous ambition, so bold as to be improbable. The deprived, the oppressed, the powerless from all over the globe came here with little more than the desire to realize themselves.
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Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.
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Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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I have never emulated any star or celebrity completely, and I hope nobody does the same of me.
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I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.
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Godly character flows out of devotion to God and practically confirms the reality of that devotion.
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You are an alchemist who can turn six beers into an awkward three week relationship.
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Prayer is the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.
