Hannah Whitall Smith Quotes
Once I knew what it was to rest upon the rock of God's promises, and it was indeed a precious resting place, but now I rest in His grace. He is teaching me that the bosom of His love is a far sweeter resting-place than even the rock of His promises.
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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 can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always - always somebody who's got it way, way worse.
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So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided.
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I was reading about all of these medical and psychological experimental programs that the government and various intelligence agencies had run throughout the 20th century. Any book you can read on that, there's some really horrifying and fascinating stuff that goes on there.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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I'm an emotional person.
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Clothes are designed for the media, because it's a great show.
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I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-garde pool of coolness.
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I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise.
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
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When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.
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Piety does not mean that a man should make a sour face about things, and refuse to enjoy in moderation what his Maker has given.
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The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.
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Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets.
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Many an article that I myself penned twenty years ago impresses me now as something quite foreign to myself.
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I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women, beasts and demons.
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Once I knew what it was to rest upon the rock of God's promises, and it was indeed a precious resting place, but now I rest in His grace. He is teaching me that the bosom of His love is a far sweeter resting-place than even the rock of His promises.
