Winkie Pratney Quotes
God does not guide those who want to run their own life. He only guides those who admit their need of His direction and rely on His wisdom.
Quotes to Explore
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The financial catastrophe of 2008 nearly precipitated a calamitous economic depression, jolting America and much of the West into a sudden recognition of their systemic vulnerability to unregulated greed.
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you'll have much to live for.
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My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that.
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Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
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An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
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A house is kind of scary.
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There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.
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All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope?
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If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause.
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Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.
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To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'
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Chilling out on the bed in your hotel room watching television, while wearing your own pajamas, is sometimes the best part of a vacation.
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We're all weirdos, and people want to work so hard to fit into society, but it's like, no matter what you do, you're never going to be what society depicts as what's perfect, because that's not real. The only point that you have to make is that 'I'm being me.'
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Play and write music the way you want the world to be.
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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
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Even in the midst of all this commotion she knows none of it really belongs to her, and marvels at the strange fact of her dearest wish: to be part of it, to give in to it's distractions, to find herself the owner of a life lived rather than a life endured. And then she looks into the face of Mother #3, worn smooth and almost featureless, with moist eyes that can't seem to settle on anything for more than a heartbeat at a time, and she knows this is a very dangerous wish.
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God does not guide those who want to run their own life. He only guides those who admit their need of His direction and rely on His wisdom.
