Olivia Williams Quotes
My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.

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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'
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Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
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My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.
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When a human being becomes so still that they begin to lose awareness of their gender, and they are simply looking into that abyss where there is no notion of self whatsoever, the world disappears. And that's really the only place to go. It's the only place to remain.
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My favorite type of music to sing and to listen to, you know, rock. It's not always metal, but you know, half the time it is. Metal's cool, you know? Not everybody on 'American Idol' listens to metal.
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Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It's a willingness to do what he wants you to do.
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I don't have any down days. If anybody who knows me comes into our locker room, they know I'm happy; they know I'm cheerful.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.