Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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A holiday vacation can mean sampling all kinds of new cuisine - whether it's Uncle Joe's award-winning chili or the exotic flavors of Nepal. If your little ones are fussy, be sure to ease mealtime hassles by bringing along a supply of the familiar foods they're accustomed to rejecting at home.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment.
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I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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Most single women have been in that situation where there is a silent guy in your group. You don't see him as boyfriend material. He's just there, but you know all the same people.
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My father was a gambler. My father could not resist a casino or a card game. He loved gambling.
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The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
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I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.
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Ever since we published the first Apple report, we've had some other brands turning more proactive.
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I will take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long-term.
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We do not want a religion that deceives us for our own good.
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It wasn't sexual in its element. I wasn't being exploited. I was doing what happened. It was very challenging because I played Phyllis from 15 years old to 53 when she died of breast cancer.
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Research conducted throughout the world shows gender balance in top positions contributes to improved competitiveness and better business performance.
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Writers to some extent are childish, and it's at the childish level that one really engages with any experience. What really moves you is at the very personal, childish level of the imagination. My business is the imagination, and my imagination is engaged by Asia.
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The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
