Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
Where reasons are given, we don't need faith. Where only darkness surrounds us, we have no means for seeing except by faith.
Quotes to Explore
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
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I had experiences or exposure to music in church. I went to a church, it was very unique. It was a predominantly African American Catholic church. So they would have - one mass would be traditional church music, and then the other mass would be gospel music.
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Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.
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Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
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Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies.
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'I’ve never seen a soft heart turn hard,' said Taleswapper. 'At least not without good reason.'
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And all at once I lost my breathAnd all at once was scared to deathFor all at once I owned the earth and sky.Now I've met Miss JonesWe'll keep on meeting till we die,Yes, Miss Jones and I.
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People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.
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Fred Moten is a poet I really love because he changes who is telling the poem all the time.
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San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.
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The problem with experiments has always been that human beings make the decisions on whether or not the animals have benefitted from the treatment.
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Some of the most rewarding times my brothers and I have are when all of us get together, and we can see what we've been building genetically and culturally.
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I think I know a lot about campaigns.
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We had very few things. I had a couple pairs of jeans, a couple shirts. And same with my mom and sister. I think my sister had, like, two toys. We were living off of instant noodles.
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There's only one person in this race who will be there, who's always been there for you, and that's Hillary Clinton's life story.
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I am fearless when I think I'm alone.
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He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.
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I am sustained by a sense of the worthwhileness of what I am doing; a trust in the good faith of the process which created and sustains me. That process I call God.
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An older friend once told me, "Life didn't ask for your opinion," which I liked.
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Where reasons are given, we don't need faith. Where only darkness surrounds us, we have no means for seeing except by faith.
