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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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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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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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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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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Paul Krugman is a danger to society!
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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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I can't ignore someone that's in need or is hurting. How can people just turn their heads from something like that.
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What I had to learn was, that I'm only responsible for my perception of things. The world's not out to get you. That's not the way it works.
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Well, my smile's pretty hard to miss, considering I'm a gal who likes her lipstick-the redder the better.
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Big story at the Olympics regarding Michael Phelps. He stepped out with his girlfriend for the first time. She is a 25-year-old model from Los Angeles. Like every other model in L.A., She's dating an older retired guy. What's going on?
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I can't even tell you what else I imagined. I can only humiliate myself to such a degree; at a certain point it becomes humorous, and this story is not meant to be humorous. This story is meant to winch your ribs open and tamper with your heart. This story is meant to make you realize that your chances of happiness in this world are terribly slim if you lack a fine imagination.
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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.
