Carolyn Mahaney Quotes
Emotions aren't a hindrance to wise decision-making, but are central to the Christian life.
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Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
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Voters are hungry for principled, conservative fighters - because the threat to our liberties from Washington never has been greater.
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When I was little, I grew up in a place called Hertfordshire, which is just near London, but out in the country, and I visited Pakistan in the summers to go and see my family on my dad's side.
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Cannes is a sort of gladiators' arena, and that's the fun part of it. When you accept to come here to open the festival, you know you are going to be criticised. I have no problem with the fact that I expose myself and the movie, and it's normal that I can disagree with the way some people feel.
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It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.
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My opinion, young people go to the Internet. To the Internet distribution system right now, you put it up there and it's accessed by the world.
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I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and there's the Welsh connection.
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The few emerging economies that have avoided booms and busts have done so by adhering to sound policy frameworks.
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No one will be forced to take the public option. The word option means choice.
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I swear a lot; I always have. So does my husband. Our son, surprisingly, does not swear much at all.
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We've done enough - and made enough mistakes - to pretty well know how to guide our careers ourselves.
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I do believe that in the future there will be a movie called 'Deadpool vs. Wolverine'.
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There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game.
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Sharing is the essence of social media.
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Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time. One or the other must dominate. It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind. Here the law of HABIT will come to your aid. Form the habit of applying and using the positive emotions! Eventually, they will dominate your mind so completely, that the negatives cannot enter it.
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So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions.
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Emotions aren't a hindrance to wise decision-making, but are central to the Christian life.
