Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
The world cries for men who are strong--strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. I pray that you will be that kind of man--glad that God made you a man, glad to shoulder the burden of manliness in a time when to do so will often bring contempt.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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I finished 'The Hunger Games' trilogy, and I love most anything with zombies.
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Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well.
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The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.
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I, and others like me - trap stars - we always considered ourselves Robin Hoods: we go out and get the money. Just think, if you was in the village and you a hunter, you take pride in going out to hunt the prey and bring it back for the village to eat. In our situation, we took pride in getting money so that the hood could eat.
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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.
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I'm looking for things where, like with 'Ten,' I don't look like me, and I'm playing something a bit different. I'm just trying to flex a different muscle and see if it works. I've saved the world and killed monsters and done all that. Now I want to try something a bit different and a bit more challenging.
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Because of the influence of the cinema, most reports or stories of violence are so pictorial that they lack content or meaning. The camera brings them to our eyes, but does not settle them in our minds, nor in time.
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He's put a lock on the door of the House of Commons and he refuses to face the people of Canada through their elected representatives
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If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed.
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Losing my parents, who I admired, loved and needed, it took a long time to be able to move on.
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We - we need strength, we need energy, we need quickness and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
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My vision and my creative ability is just so broad.
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I want to go to dinner with Oprah! Who doesn't?
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The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the love that is God. Anyone who begins to live and grow away from God, who lives away from what is good, is turning his life toward wrath.
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Spiritual maturity is marked by being comfortable with the unpredictability of God.
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I was in Barcelona working with Shakira, and it was an amazing experience. She's a great artist, and I learned a lot while working with her.
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The world cries for men who are strong--strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. I pray that you will be that kind of man--glad that God made you a man, glad to shoulder the burden of manliness in a time when to do so will often bring contempt.
