Chris Burkard Quotes
An agency once gave me great advice. They said: ‘Your website is important, but if we want to hire you, we are going to look at your blog.‘ And they were right. They want to know who YOU are. They want to know who we are as people, because they want to spend time with you.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I don't want to be on the Internet.
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Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don't like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.
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What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.
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I spend a lot of time in prayer. God doesn't always show up on my time, but he always shows up!
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Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening.
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I enjoyed working at R.K.O. more than at M.G.M. At R.K.O., the parts were better!
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Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.
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No, no, no, Hooch told himself silently. Getting even don’t amount to nothing in this world. Getting even only gets you behind. The best revenge is to get rich enough to make them all call you sir, that’s how you get even with these boys.
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There are four different theories concerning Divine Providence; they are all ancient, known from the time of the Prophets, when the true law was revealed to enlighten these dark regions.
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For myself and for our Nation, I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal our land. In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation.
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People are always asking me what it's like to be Judy Garland's daughter. It's hard to be a legend's child.
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I worked in three local news markets and in every single one of them, they said: 'You're a lousy anchor. We would love to renew your contract and have you be our lead reporter here, but we're not going to have you anchor.'
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Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.
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I think there's a contrast between being vulnerable and, you know, 'Girl Power!' I think it's important to have that balance because you don't have to be strong all the time.
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Most ideas don't work out. Almost all ideas don't work out. So it's okay if yours didn't work out.
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Painful experiences are not meant to linger. They are meant to teach us what they need to teach us, and then dissolve.
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Every book has to start with a first chapter, and I think that 'Middle of Nowhere,' 'Mmmbop' and 'Where Is the Love' are good places to start for us. I don't think it's a bad place.
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We have to believe in the mercy and grace of God to trigger conversion rather than the other way around: that you're only going to get the mercy if you have a conversion. The economy of salvation doesn't work that way.
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An agency once gave me great advice. They said: ‘Your website is important, but if we want to hire you, we are going to look at your blog.‘ And they were right. They want to know who YOU are. They want to know who we are as people, because they want to spend time with you.
