Dallas Willard Quotes
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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Even if you throw your hair up in a quick topknot or ponytail, you can add instant polish by wearing a headband or bejeweled barrette.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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Thinking fragments reality - it cuts it up into conceptual bits and pieces.
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Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.
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The larger truth, the universal truth that you can give in a novel, is far greater than what you can give through journalism.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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No one becomes an expert in a new career overnight, even if you are coming from another career where you were established and experienced.
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Listen, when somebody says, 'I take the fifth,' well, you know, they did something, OK? Why else would they take the fifth?
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If you're going to write thrillers, you have to make a decision if you are going to be realistic or go off and over.
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You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a dangerous world.
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That's the joy of getting to be an actor - getting to play all kinds of different roles and showing so many different sides of yourself.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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People have no idea how hard football is, absolutely no idea. It's all about pace. You can say, 'Yeah, you've got speed of thought' - but you've got to have a little bit of a zip.
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When I went to university in Colorado, I was encouraged to write very innovative, experimental things, and some of the short stories in 'Bearded Ladies' are a little bit experimental.
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The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
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Reality is what you can count on.
