Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love of God is of a different nature altogether. It does not hate tragedy. It never denies reality. It stands in the very teeth of suffering.
Quotes to Explore
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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I think recharging is important, absolutely. Every now and then, you need maybe a couple of weeks to just chill out and let your emotions balance themselves out a little bit.
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By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.
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I like heels and make-up.
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I'm more interested in photographing people who have done something, like writers or directors - even billionaires - as long as I can study them before I photograph them.
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The husbands, who sometimes have another family who's grown, are going, Now I can spend time with my baby. Oh yeah, I bet your other family is really thrilled.
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We were only there for five days and during that time Tom was a bit annoyed that the French were more interested in me and my schoolgirl outfit than him and his long scarf.
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Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It's played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they're always using music. And it goes together, you know.
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I try to eat fruit and be healthy.
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I am excited about this. We've got half of our goal. I'd love to see us get a little bit more than half our goal and not be so deeply into this thing going into Sunday, but I feel good about everything.
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Keep all your personalities out of your work. Forget and forgive.
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Uninfluenced by others, he never knew he influenced them; he had no idea they liked him.
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We're busily wrecking the chances for future generations at a rapid rate of knots by not recognizing the damage we're doing to the natural environment, bearing in mind that this is the only planet that we know has any life on it.
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Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.
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I dabbled with faith, and I explored religion quite thoroughly.
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Everyone knows deep in their hearts that the drums are the coolest instrument, and that a band is only as good as its drummer. So I'm all for drum solos. I'm all for drummers hamming it up. I'm all for drummers standing up and kicking over the kit.
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The tragedy of journalism lies in its impermanence; the very topicality which gives it brilliance condemns it to an early death. Too often it is a process of flinging bright balloons in the path of the hurricane, a casting of priceless petals upon the rushing surface of a stream.
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In women's destiny everything goes downhill except for thought, whose immortal nature it is to keep constantly rising.
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Negativity takes no imagination. It's far easier to criticize someone's decisions after they make them than to propose better ones beforehand.
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When I was secretary of state, I went around the world advocating for America, but also advocating for women's rights, to make sure that women had a decent chance to have a better life and negotiated a treaty with Russia to lower nuclear weapons. Four hundred pieces of legislation have my name on it as a sponsor or cosponsor when I was a senator for eight years.
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Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love of God is of a different nature altogether. It does not hate tragedy. It never denies reality. It stands in the very teeth of suffering.
