Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
We never know what God has up His sleeve. You never know what might happen; you only know what you have to do now.
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Thank God there is a such thing as hiatus. We got the first 'Dr. Horrible' done in six days, we banged it out.
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I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.
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There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.
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With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.
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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
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God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.
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The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.
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It's amazing what you'll discover if you start exploring what God has placed within you.
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The reason we all need a mutton alert, which needs constant testing, like smoke alarms, is because there is really no such thing as age-appropriate dressing any longer, as I know because my wardrobe is interchangeable with my daughter's.
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Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.
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My mom, she's a great cook. You know, pirogue, borscht. I love borscht, and I love Pilemeni, meat dumplings.
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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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One time, a burglar came to my apartment, so we called the police. My son was here, so I think they left before they tried to steal something. So the police come to my apartment, and they say, 'Oh my God, did they steal everything?' I was like, 'No, it was like that!'
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Even the holy men who lived before the coming of Christ understood that God had in mind plans of peace for the human race.
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I can lick my elbow. I know that's supposed to be impossible, but I can do it!
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This high-end, novelistic form of TV, you know, is just peppered with despicable people who do marvelous things and marvelous people who do despicable things.
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True religion is when you serve God to get nothing else but more of God.
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On the night of the 1st of September we observed for the first time signs of the natives being in the neighbourhood. Fires were seen on the low land near Cape Frederick Henry, and at daylight we saw the natives with our glasses.
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I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did.
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Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.
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I'm a big believer in the Wii. I love the physicality of the Wii controller, and how you can get the feeling of throwing a bowling ball or swinging a golf club. Those are the kinds of games I really like.
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We never know what God has up His sleeve. You never know what might happen; you only know what you have to do now.
