Elizabeth Prentiss Quotes
And it gives me positive personal pain to see heirs of the eternal kingdom, made such by the ignominious death of their Lord, go shrinking and weeping to the full possession of their inheritance.
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Once you're a mom, always a mom. It's like riding a bike, you never forget.
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I have hundreds and hundreds of people from Brazil, Chile, Columbia and Argentina, every day, buying my music and telling me about it online.
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The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.
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Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue.
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Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.
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I have a paralyzing fear of snakes.
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I think quotes are very dangerous things.
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Everyone loves each other for the pilot. But once you start to do the show, you see everybody's true colors. If it's successful, people start to change, and then if it's not doing well, people start to change in other ways.
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I believe in any country, matters that relate to its territory would, of course, provoke strong sentiments amongst the people of that country.
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Whenever you hear news about jobless claims or the unemployment rate, you should translate that in your mind to one simple phrase: Stay in school.
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My father always said that government is like watching another man piss in your boot. Someone feels better but it certainly isn’t you.
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When you don't see Jesus for exactly what he was, you miss the whole point of the Jesus Prayer. If you don't understand Jesus, you can't understand his prayer - you don't get the prayer at all, you just get some kind of organized cant. Jesus was a supreme adept, by God, on a terribly important mission.
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Thanks for the timesThat you've given me.The memories are all in my mind.And now that we've comeTo the end of our rainbow,There's somethingI must say out loud.You're once, twiceThree times a lady.
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Every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief. And yet, she sees, people find a way to survive, to go on.
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As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.
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Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
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I think where I differ a little bit, we absolutely have to think about the deficit looking down the road. And certainly that's something the president has said that we need to, as the economy recovers, have a plan in place for getting it down.
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I've never understood people who treat their loved ones worse and with less respect than they would a total stranger or minor acquaintance.
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I think that when you make yourself vulnerable, the thing that you do next is better. It's not like you have to inflict pain on yourself in order to make yourself better, but I think it helps. The thing that bonds you to a new friend isn't that you went to a really fun party; it's 'cause you had a really weird, sad conversation.
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To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart.
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And it gives me positive personal pain to see heirs of the eternal kingdom, made such by the ignominious death of their Lord, go shrinking and weeping to the full possession of their inheritance.
