G. Edward Griffin Quotes
When the Goths are at the gates, forming study groups and praying for deliverance is not effective defense.
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I love Mike Tyson. I was a fan, as everybody else was. The moment somebody stood up to him, he didn't do so well. And that's the same thing with Anthony Johnson. The guy's a bully. He wants to intimidate you; he wants to dominate you. He wants to knock you out. But what happens when you don't knock somebody out? What happens?
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A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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Fulfilling your mission is one thing; vision is another, and having a commitment to something leads you to do better work.
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Imagination rules the world.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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I've been on the campaign trail so long, some of my wine has turned to vinegar.
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Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
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I think it's fascinating to look at a world that an author has created that has sort of stemmed from the world now, and usually dystopian books point out something about our current world and exaggerates a tendency or a belief.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage.
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I would argue that Asean has been instrumental in driving both economic growth and political development, and that there can be no clearer example than its relations with Myanmar.
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There's a very passionate pro-chewing movement on the Internet called Chewdiasm. They say that we should be chewing 50 to 100 times per mouthful, which is insane. I tried that. It takes like a day and a half to eat a sandwich. But their basic idea is right. If you chew, you'll eat slower and you will get more nutrients.
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Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.
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'Stand By You' is about sticking by the person you love not only when things are easy, but being there for them during trials and letting them know they aren't alone.
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As a visual storyteller, a lot is learning what to include so you're not being redundant between images and text.
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I'm a girl: that means I fight like a girl. And there ain't nothing meaner.
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Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.
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As Norman McLaren said, animation is not a bunch of drawings that move - it's a bunch of drawings of movement.
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I’ve been starvin’ for another taste. Like a dog, you got me on a leash. I’ve been barkin’ at your feet. One more bite is all I need.
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The idea of taking what people call the 'entertainment culture' as a focus of study, including historical perspective, is not a bad idea.
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Study me as much as you like, you will never know me, for I differ a hundred ways from what you see me to be. Put yourself behind my eyes, and see me as I see myself, for I have chosen to dwell in a place you cannot see.
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When the Goths are at the gates, forming study groups and praying for deliverance is not effective defense.
