Richard Paul Evans Quotes
I believe that we were meant to live as social creatures, to reach out and bless each other's lives.
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When you grow up in a place, you always think it's mundane. Then you travel around and live in different places, and you realise that you've got it the wrong way 'round.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
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If I could meet Quentin Tarantino, I don't know if I'd just ask him one question. I'd probably milk it into, like, 500 questions.
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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Mankind's feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
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Antonio Damasio is a distinguished neuroscientist with a flair for writing about science and an enthusiasm for philosophizing.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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I feel lucky to be getting older. The fact that I made it to 30 and then 40 was big enough. So I can't get too down on getting older; otherwise, it kind of undoes everything I've fought for.
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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If you pay your credit card off every month, get a rewards card. One that gives you airline miles or that will give you 1 percent cash back at least on every purchase.
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I started modeling when I was 16. The odds were against me. At 5' 8, I was shorter than most girls in the business. Still, I gave it a shot, and like with most things in my life, I never gave up.
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Working with Chiranjeevi sir, I realized the professionalism and attitude they used work with. It's just so contagious. When such a personality is doing that, everyone around, too, would do that out of respect. Work was far more efficient, smoother.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.
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I believe that when Paul plants and Apollos waters, God gives the increase; and I have no patience with those who throw the blame on God when it belongs to themselves.
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I'd hate to see new housing building accelerating while taking down buildings where there's 50 people living in rent-stabilized apartments.
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My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.
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I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.
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Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.
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People want to believe that every marriage is perfect balance but it isn't. One person always loves more deeply than the other
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I believe that we were meant to live as social creatures, to reach out and bless each other's lives.
