Rich Mullins (Richard Wayne Mullins) Quotes
It's not the job of government to help the poor. The church is the mechanism that God put on earth to help the poor.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.
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If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.
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You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
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Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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Part of our job as storytellers is to show people pockets of the world that they don't know. The more we understand, the more we don't judge.
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Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.
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Each color lives by its mysterious life.
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Before I got married, I dated the gamut.
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I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.
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When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.
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Well, you know, I never want to feel like I have a set plan of what I'm supposed to do. I kind of like to go script by script, and if I like the character and like the story that's why I want to do a movie.
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The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
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Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect.
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Everyone had something unique to offer in life and their responsibility was to develop those gifts - and heroes come from all backgrounds.
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You just learn to cope with whatever you have to cope with. I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you learn if you’re a New Yorker? The world doesn’t owe you a damn thing.
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If chocolate is a foretaste of heaven, what does it mean that chocolate is freely available to all?
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I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.
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Women, for Gucci, as you can imagine, are very important.
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Once I leave this earth, I know I've done something that will continue to help others.
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It's not the job of government to help the poor. The church is the mechanism that God put on earth to help the poor.
