Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
One step at a time, over the years, as I sought to plumb the mystery of suffering (which cannot be plumbed), I began to see that there is a sense in which everything is a gift. Even my widowhood.
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Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.
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One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.
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Have a well-thought financial plan that is not dependent upon correctly guessing what will happen in the future.
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So if I get pegged as a bikini girl, that's fine, and that can still translate into acting or other areas. But, no, I don't wanna be doing bikini shoots my whole life.
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Demolishing pretensions, especially worthy ones, is a hallmark of the baby boom.
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Radicalization is very easy when you mock what people hold dear.
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The reaction to 'Aftermath' has been far worse than to 'A Life's Work,' yet I find I'm perhaps a little less touched by it. In both cases, I've coped artistically by believing the criticisms weren't right. They upset me, but they didn't challenge my understanding of how to write, nor of how morality functions in literature.
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It is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the actual.
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I'm so blessed to have such enlightened parents. It must have been very hard to watch their able-bodied son lock himself up in his old room for most of his 20s.
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I have a lot of anxiety about the red carpet. As a woman, it's uncomfortable to be in a position in which people are judging you, looking at what you're wearing, and criticizing you - not necessarily in a negative way.
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Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody, I have some money 'cause I just got paid. How I wish I had someone to talk to, I'm in an awful way.
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Work is a wonderful regulator of mind and body. I forget all sorrow, grief, bitterness, and I even ignore them altogether in the joy of working.
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It was a small mistake Sometimes that is all it takes.
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My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.
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In the end, yes, I'm the singer of Old Dominion, but we're a band of great singers and great musicians, and we just respect each other so much.
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You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity...No we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball.
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THERE WERE THREE SKILLS that Miss Emily Fairfield had found necessary in her current position in life: lying, smuggling, and - most important of all - scaling walls. It was the last she’d put to use at the moment.
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I’m happy with what I’ve achieved.
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I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
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If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.
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One step at a time, over the years, as I sought to plumb the mystery of suffering (which cannot be plumbed), I began to see that there is a sense in which everything is a gift. Even my widowhood.
