Chip Ingram Quotes
Total commitment is about being wise and smart, not necessarily being noble or virtuous. It’s not so much about self-denial but about logic and common sense. It’s not so much about what you lose; it’s about what you gain.
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I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
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The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.
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Life continues to be difficult. It always will be because that's just life. But I am so glad I have put some happiness into the world.
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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
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All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.
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I heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognizable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross.
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Restoring a person's ability to achieve success when they leave the prison walls promotes public safety, builds our economy and, most importantly, is the right thing to do.
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Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.
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Es ist so bequem, unmündig zu sein. Habe ich ein Buch, das für mich Verstand hat, einen Seelsorger, der für mich Gewissen hat, einen Arzt, der für mich die Diät beurtheilt u. s. w., so brauche ich mich ja nicht selbst zu bemühen. Ich habe nicht nöthig zu denken, wenn ich nur bezahlen kann.
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Rock n roll stops the traffic
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The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
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I was a 52-year-old coach. But people don't realize I had 25 years as a head coach. Most coaches my age only had a few years as head coach. I had six years at Miami of Ohio, eight years at Northwestern, 11 at Notre Dame.
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If it wasn't for the stars, we would not be here.
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I've always thought that Lewis Carroll himself had a certain comedy tinge to him. He was a guy who was a satirist. He really was a social commentator in many ways and was trying to satirize Victorian society.
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When we attach ourselves to national identities, then we enter into a cycle of conflict. I didn't choose where I was born or who to be or what people would call me.
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I didn't know anything about acting at all. I was completely green. I got into it to meet people, to try and figure out what I wanted to do.
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When a fan buys a ticket for a cricket match or a movie, he is not worried about the colour, creed, or religion of the person sitting next to him. If you look at any actor's fan base in India, you will find that they are from different regions.
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Young voters may be growing up in an era of increased global connection, cooperation and commerce. But they're very open to politicians who tell them it is these very things that are keeping elites in power and keeping their generation down.
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The only person I really believe in is me.
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The car emitted on last gasp and rolled to a stop, in the middle of the Altlantic Ocean. "We're here," Leven tried to joke.
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The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.
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Total commitment is about being wise and smart, not necessarily being noble or virtuous. It’s not so much about self-denial but about logic and common sense. It’s not so much about what you lose; it’s about what you gain.
