Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
Among the most joyful people I have known have been some who seem to have had no human reason for joy. The sweet fragrance of Christ has shown through their lives.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.
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Badly constructed houses do for the healthy what badly constructed hospitals do for the sick. Once insure that the air in a house is stagnant, and sickness is certain to follow.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.
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You always have to know when to bow out. You bow out while you are on top.
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Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.
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Yes, we need euthanasia, for certain cases where people are in comas or too immobile to even press a button.
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When studios start telling me why a particular film project won't work, I remember 'Rocky.' I remember that the biggest success Bob Chartoff and I have had was a film nobody wanted to make.
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Feeling like you're respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.
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I saw the president make the tough calls in the Situation Room - and today, our troops in Iraq have finally come home so America can do some nation building here at home. That was the change that we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.
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I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.
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We can choose a path that leads us into trouble. It all comes down to our decisions at the end of the day.
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I'm a bit hyperactive as an actor, I like to keep moving.
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It's really not a good idea to forecast or double guess the fates; you will always be fooled.
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Our people are going to war to perpetuate slavery, but the war will be its death knell.
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People associate me with a time when movies were pleasant, when women wore pretty dresses in films and you heard beautiful music. I always love it when people write me and say 'I was having a rotten time, and I walked into a cinema and saw one of your movies, and it made such a difference.'
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You're always aware that only eight per cent of actors are in work at one time, so you've got to be thankful for the job you've got and do the best you can.
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If you go back and look at the early promos for Gears 1, you'll see just how different the characters were from the actual first game, both in appearance and background. And it's an evolutionary process.
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I didn't see a lot of role models or women who looked like me on screen when I was growing up. For me, one thing that changed all of that was seeing Keke Palmer in 'Akeelah and The Bee.' That film made me realize that I wasn't an alien.
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I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.
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I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'
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Among the most joyful people I have known have been some who seem to have had no human reason for joy. The sweet fragrance of Christ has shown through their lives.
