Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
The husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the Church. And the wife is there to bless and support and help him.
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Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
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I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
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You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.
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Urban America is like a foreign country in a sense.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice.
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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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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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Television is a visual medium. You have to create some kind of visual interest. And it's entertainment for your eyes.
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I'm from Minnesota. I like to be barefoot, running through the woods.
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The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.
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I try to be athletic.
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Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.
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We are the mimics. Clouds are pedagogues.
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Look, Jeyaretnam can't win the infighting. I'll tell you why. WE are in charge. Every government ministry and department is under our control. And in the infighting, he will go down for the count every time... I will make him crawl on his bended knees, and beg for mercy.
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My dream collaboration would be with someone like Bjork, Kate Bush, or even Dionne Warwick.
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It's one thing if a politician in a small country says a little bit of torturing is good to do. There is a qualitative difference... when it's a candidate to run a superpower.
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I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's dad was the local vicar, and so it was expected as her best friend that I would go to church every Sunday with her.
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Musically, there's a movement called the flatted fifth that's really evil-sounding. It was outlawed by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. That movement is what gives you a real evil sound that conjures up dark, fantastic images. It's like an audio horror movie. It personifies what a horror movie is about.
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I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children.
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The great thing about not being president anymore is I can say whatever I want, about anything. Of course now, nobody really cares what I say. And now I have the worst of all worlds -- my wife has become the secretary of state, so no one really cares what I say -- unless I mess up.
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The husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the Church. And the wife is there to bless and support and help him.
