Edith Schaeffer Quotes
We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.
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I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.
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Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized.
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Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to 'SNL' was his 'Best Of' VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements and engage with the audience.
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I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.
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Life is such a gift, I just say thank you all day.
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The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.
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Today is the tomorrow I worried about yesterday.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.
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If you just keep your head down and just try and do your thing, sometimes magic happens.
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'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.
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I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.
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One of the huge imbalances in life is the disparity between your daily existence, with its routines and habits, and the dream you have within yourself of some extraordinarily satisfying way of living.
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It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.
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That's definitely something I've experienced my whole life - people thinking one thing and then discovering that I'm not, hopefully. So I relate to having to fight that and claim my own identity, when people are trying to throw different ones at me.
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The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations.
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Either you face the challenges in life head on or back out. And I am not someone to back out from challenges.
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If you don't make the commitment today to start becoming the person you need to be to create the extraordinary life you really want, what makes you think that tomorrow - or next week, or next month, or next year - is going to be any different? They won't. And that's why you must draw your line in the sand TODAY.
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I felt like I was definitely robbed, and I refuse to give any politically correct bullshit ass comment. I was the best new artist this year.
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Prayer is a trade to be learned. We must be apprentices and serve our time at it. Painstaking care, much thought, practice and labour are required to be a skillful tradesman in praying. Practice in this, as well as in all other trades, makes perfect.
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I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six.
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We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.
