Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
I believe with all my heart God's Story has a happy ending. . . But not yet, not necessarily yet. It takes faith to hold on to that in the face of the great burden of experience, which seems to prove otherwise.
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I spend my own money, not other people's money.
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A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that.
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There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation.
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Do not be afraid to make decisions, do not be afraid to make mistakes.
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The track is fast and I appreciate anything is possible.
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I don't want to be known as the granddaughter of the Hiltons. I want to be known as Paris.
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One of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move.
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.
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If you want to be a different fish, jump out of school.
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The best life is the one in which the creative impulses play the largest part and the possessive impulses the smallest.
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The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.
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Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
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I'd rather look like a hobo and be super comfortable than wear something not comfortable.
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In Nova Scotia, there are some definite down-home accents, and it's funny because you can go to Sydney, and one guy is from North Sydney, and you can't understand a thing he's saying, or Glace Bay or wherever.
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Dance music is an emotional journey. It's how well you can make people feel something that they haven't felt.
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One is more admired for claiming to do good than for proving to be right.
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I don't think you need a record deal to write songs. You don't need any other reason than you want to do it. It's a far cry from why some people do music today. They make it to order, which is pretty horrible.
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We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.
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Basically, any time you have a real life experience, that can be a song. Because no matter how crazy or weird you are, somebody's had an experience just like you, somewhere.
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I believe with all my heart God's Story has a happy ending. . . But not yet, not necessarily yet. It takes faith to hold on to that in the face of the great burden of experience, which seems to prove otherwise.
