Rich Mullins (Richard Wayne Mullins) Quotes
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
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I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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Equality for women is progress for all.
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Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.
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I like surprising my audiences, and it's compulsory to have fun and be silly; I never take myself quite too seriously.
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I don't think I can sell to our voters in our district that there's nothing to cut in the federal budget. Nobody, I think, sees that or would agree with that.
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At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
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Gay nightclubs offer better dance music.
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Something must be done,about vengeance, a badge and a gun.So rip the mic rip the state rip the system,I was born to rage against them.
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I believe that the abolition of private ownership of land and capital is a necessary step toward any world in which the nations are to live at peace with one another.
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The Internet is the best thing that could have happened to China.
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With every kid, there has just been a deepening of my humanity, because there's no more of a feet-on-the-ground moment than having a child.
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So many times, my mom would say, 'It's not too late to go law school.'
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Manus haec inimica tyrannisEnse petit placidam sub libertate quietem.
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Kids are incredibly expensive. But it pays off later when they are better educated, bigger, and better-looking than you. And find you incessantly boring and uncool.
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You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.
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I didn't want the lyrics to be about specific things in my life, I wanted them to be about generalised experiences I'd had. So when I'm writing about relationships or somebody leaving you or something, a lot of lyrics are partly about failed relationships I'd had, but they were also about my Dad, and being abandoned as a kid.
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Let people see your struggles and don't ever fake it.
