William Cameron Townsend Quotes
The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner.
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First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
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His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.
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I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.
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Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.
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In the Army, because the stakes are so high - right? - you can't just be a yes-man and say, 'Great idea, boss!' if you don't believe it - right? - because lives are at stake. And the commanders that I've worked for, they want frank assessments; they want criticism and feedback.
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I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.
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My sister is an ER doctor, and my brother is a teacher.
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All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it was I hit and I tell them I don't know except it looked good.
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It's head and heart. I like to feed both. I always wanted to be an actor. But the cultural-intellectual side of things has always excited me. I wouldn't want to let it go.
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We all have our place in this diverse Spain.
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To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
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I love to fly so much.
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I've been in so many love triangles on TV and in real life.
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My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless do have a voice; democratic mechanisms and accountability do exist.
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We assume people we know can't be serial killers.
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Everything we earn we need as a reserve.
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I'm Irish and always will be, but America has taught me so much. Maybe it's here in the U.S. that we find a healing, for in the broader melting pot we get to look at some of these self-destructive attributes that we bring to bear upon our own quarrels and begin to solve them in ways other than just splitting apart.
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In fact, I bought our first family television with my own money, putting it on credit and then paying it off every week.
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You may have the administration of angels, you may see many miracles; . . . but I claim that the gift of the Holy Ghost is the greatest gift that can be bestowed upon man.
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While there are many varieties of grills, each with their own virtues to be sure, I prefer the standard Weber kettle grill. Don't be fooled into thinking that you need any fancy gadgets in order to take advantage of cooking over a live fire. Just a good set of tongs and you're set.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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It often happens that the man who pursues the dollar too diligently finds it hard to catch, but if he will pursue some other and better goal, dollars come around to see what sort of fellow he is.
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The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner.
