Bob Goff Quotes
I used to think I could shape the circumstances around me, but now I know Jesus uses circumstances to shape me.
Quotes to Explore
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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I'm just an ordinary, walking-down-the-street, mother of two children who sings for her supper.
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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Even as a kid, I was a businessman. I figured out that if you plucked all the berries off my neighbor's tree and smashed them up, they made a Nickelodeon Gak-type consistency. I sold them to all the neighborhood kids and made stacks of quarters. Of course, the berries were poisonous, and I got in all types of trouble.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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It always feels good to put something you're proud of out in the world.
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We are very near the final climactic events that end with the Second Coming of Christ.
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If someone doesn't have a reason to not like you in America, they talk politics or religion. Then they get to hate you and we get to be enemies.
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Nationalism and racism, to take two examples, are the culturally nurtured outgrowths of simple tribalism.
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In Puritan thinking, the Christian life was a heroic venture, requiring a full quota of energy.
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The eye is much more dynamic than any camera.
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I didn't expect anything crazy to happen from 'True Detective.'
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Great musicians need great producers. The Beatles had George Martin.
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I kept extensions in until I finished high school. Although, once I got to college, that's when it all started to shift. I think it was just growing up and moving to New York, where I saw so many different people, vibes, and looks, and everyone really owned it. That led me to feel more free, take more risks, and go back into my natural hair.
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There used to be a cruel joke that said Brazil is the country of the future, and always will be; Obama is the Brazil of today's politicians. He has obviously achieved nothing.
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The whiskey is amazing to me. I wonder why I never realized that I would like it. I wonder why I never tried it before. Liking it so much is dangerous now, and so I hold it and look through it, and drink it very slowly.
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Without the meed of some melodious tear.
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Ce qu'il y a d'enivrant dans le mauvais goût, c'est le plaisir aristocratique de déplaire.
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I’ve had 37 orthopedic operations. I ground my feet up into dust. I’ve got a new knee. I‘ve got a new spine. I’m the lucky one... I never thought going through all of it that I would be healthy at the end. And I almost wasn’t.
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Despite allegations by liberal advocacy groups that voter suppression tactics by the right hindered minority voting, blacks represented 13 percent of the electorate in 2012, a percentage about equivalent with 2008.
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The senator's actions in the hours and days after emerging from that pond tell us something ugly about Kennedy the man. That he got away with it tell us something ugly about American public life.
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I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.
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I used to think I could shape the circumstances around me, but now I know Jesus uses circumstances to shape me.
